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Welcome to Logan ...

Logan is located in Rutherford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Logan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1933.

Logan is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Logan lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Logan: 828

Communities Also Named Logan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 43 communities that are also named Logan - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California (2), Colorado (3), Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Logan ...

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

  • Marion
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Forest City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Boiling Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Spindale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rutherfordton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Lure
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Chesnee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Chesnee is located in Cherokee County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesnee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 942 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesnee <3>
  • Ellenboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingstown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Alexander Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills

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 Logan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Logan.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Logan. 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 Logan.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Logan ...

Looking for more information about Logan? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Logan, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Logan.

Adding Logan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Logan 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 (so far) for Logan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Logan post office opened in 1933. The Logan post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Logan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Rutherford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Logan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/