Welcome to Logan ...

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

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

Logan would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.

The location of Logan has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

Logan was founded in 1865.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Logan is 6,090 feet [1,856 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Logan is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Logan was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Logan still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code.

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, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, 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 5 communities that are near Logan.

• Hiko
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiko
  • Hiko is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hiko <5>
• Crystal Springs
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Crystal Springs is located in Lincoln County
• Rachel
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rachel
  • Rachel is located in Lincoln County
  • Former names for Rachel:
  • Sandy Springs
  • Tempiute Village
  • Rachel has also been known as:
  • Penoyer Valley
  • Sand Springs Valley
  • Tem Piute
  • Tempiute
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rachel <5>
• Alamo
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
  • Alamo is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alamo <5>
• Heizert City
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heizert City
  • Heizert City is located in Lincoln County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

We're compiling 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.

Adding Logan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Logan in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Logan was on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map of Nevada (1883).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Logan.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.nv.us/

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/