Welcome to Logtown ...

So far, we found very little information about Logtown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Logtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Logtown, please Contact Us.

Logtown would have been located within present day Hancock County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Logtown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Logtown is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Logtown was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Logtown still existed, it would have been in the (228) area code.

Websites for Logtown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hancockchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Logtown, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Logtown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Logtown - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, New York and Ohio (3).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Logtown.

Communities near Logtown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Logtown.

• Slidell
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
  • Slidell is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <4>
• Bay Saint Louis
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Saint Louis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Saint Louis
  • Bay Saint Louis is located in Hancock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,529 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay Saint Louis <4>
• Picayune
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picayune have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picayune
  • Picayune is located in Pearl River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,886 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Picayune <4>
• Diamondhead
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamondhead have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondhead
  • Diamondhead is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamondhead <4>
• Waveland
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waveland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
  • Waveland is located in Hancock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,315 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waveland <4>
• Pearl River
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
  • Pearl River is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,618 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl River <4>
• Gainesville ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
  • Gainesville is located in Hancock County
• Lake Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
  • Lake Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
• Tanglewood Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Village
  • Tanglewood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
• Bon Village
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Village
  • Bon Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Logtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Logtown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Logtown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Logtown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Logtown. See our Newspapers Page for Logtown.

Adding Logtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Logtown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Logtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Logtown post office opened in 1884.

We also found Logtown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Logtown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/