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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Logan Center (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Logan Center. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Logan Center ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Logan Center: Logan Ctr. (or less commonly used: Logan Cen., Logan Cent. or Logan Cntr.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Logan Center is located in Grand Forks County.

To see how the shape of North Dakota's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grand Forks County: Polk (MN), Nelson, Steele, Traill & Walsh.

Below are the counties that are near Logan Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Logan Center:

  • Grand Forks County     (The home county of Logan Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Logan Center, with the one closest to Logan Center listed first.
    • Kempton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
      • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
    • Larimore
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Northwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
      • Northwood is located in Grand Forks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northwood <1>
    • Niagara
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • McCanna
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
      • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
    • Arvilla
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Orr
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
      • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
    • Emerado
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerado have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerado
      • Emerado is located in Grand Forks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emerado <1>
    • Holmes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holmes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
      • Holmes is located in Grand Forks County
    • Inkster
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Gilby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilby
      • Gilby is located in Grand Forks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilby <1>
    • Mekinock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Griggs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Logan Center, with the one closest to Logan Center listed first.
    • Jessie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cooperstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Binford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Binford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binford
      • Binford is located in Griggs County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Binford <1>
  • Nelson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Logan Center, with the one closest to Logan Center listed first.
    • Aneta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Petersburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Nelson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <1>
    • McVille
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McVille have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
      • McVille is located in Nelson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McVille <1>
    • Michigan City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigan City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
      • Michigan City is located in Nelson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Michigan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pekin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pekin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
      • Pekin is located in Nelson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pekin <1>
    • Mapes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mapes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapes
      • Mapes is located in Nelson County
    • Whitman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
      • Whitman is located in Nelson County
    • Tolna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tolna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolna
      • Tolna is located in Nelson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tolna <1>
    • Lakota
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Steele County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Logan Center, with the one closest to Logan Center listed first.
    • Sharon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Finley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Sherbrooke
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sherbrooke. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbrooke
      • Sherbrooke is located in Steele County
  • Traill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Logan Center, with the one closest to Logan Center listed first.
    • Hatton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
      • Hatton is located in Traill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 731 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatton <1>
    • Portland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Walsh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Logan Center, with the one closest to Logan Center listed first.
    • Fordville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fordville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordville
      • Fordville is located in Walsh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fordville <1>
    • Conway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
      • Conway is located in Walsh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
    • Praha ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Praha. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
      • Praha is located in Walsh County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Logan Center, see our County-by-County Page for Logan Center.

Cemeteries Near Logan Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Logan Center.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Logan Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Logan Center, with the one closest to Logan Center listed first.

  • Logan Center Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Logan Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Logan Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Herlickson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Herlickson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Herlickson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethania Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethania Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethania Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Norway Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Silent Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silent Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silent Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Silent Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silent Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silent Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hoff Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hanson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hanson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hanson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (56 more) ...
    • Northwood Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Northwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bellevue Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bellevue Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bellevue Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<5> to the south of Larimore.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101713 <4>
    • Melrose Church Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melrose Church Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Melrose Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

While we didn't find Logan Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Logan Center.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Logan Center, with the one closest to Logan Center listed first.

  • Kempton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
    • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
  • Shawnee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shawnee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
    • Shawnee is located in Grand Forks County
  • Aneta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Larimore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Northwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
    • Northwood is located in Grand Forks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northwood <1>
  • Niagara
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Sharon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • McCanna
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
    • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
  • Arvilla
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Petersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Petersburg is located in Nelson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <1>
  • Hatton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
    • Hatton is located in Traill County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 731 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatton <1>
  • Michigan City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigan City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
    • Michigan City is located in Nelson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Michigan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Orr
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
      • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
    • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
      • Harrisburg is located in Nelson County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Logan Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Logan Center.

Newspapers Published in Logan Center ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Logan Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Logan Center, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Logan Center.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Logan Center:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Logan Center. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Grand Forks County: www.grandforkscountygov.com/

The official website for State of North Dakota: https://www.nd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Logan Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Logan Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8028, Longitude: -97.8184       In this case, the coordinates for Logan Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Logan Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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