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Our Genealogy Helper

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.

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 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 may 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)
      • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
    • Larimore
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Northwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Niagara
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • McCanna
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
    • Arvilla
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Orr
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
    • Emerado
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Holmes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Holmes is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
    • Inkster
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Gilby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gilby is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilby
      • 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)
  • 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)
    • McVille
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Michigan City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Michigan City is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Michigan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Harrisburg is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Pekin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Mapes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Mapes is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapes
    • Whitman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitman is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
    • Tolna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • 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)
      • Sherbrooke is located in Steele County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbrooke
  • 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)
    • 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)
    • Conway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Conway is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
    • Praha ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Praha is located in Walsh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Logan Center - one of the links might be able to help.

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)
  • West Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Holen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Herlickson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethania Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Norway Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Silent Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Silent Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hoff Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoff Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hoff Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northeast of Sharon.
  • Hanson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (58 more) ...
    • Northwood Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bellevue Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bellevue Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Larimore.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101713 <2>
    • Elm Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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.<4>

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)
    • Kempton is located in Grand Forks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
  • Shawnee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Shawnee is located in Grand Forks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • 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)
  • 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)
    • McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
  • Arvilla
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Petersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hatton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Michigan City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Michigan City is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
    • 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)
      • Orr is located in Grand Forks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
    • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Harrisburg is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg

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]<3>. 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 like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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:

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Logan Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.