Logan County, West Virginia

Founding: 1824
Parent counties: Cabell, Giles, Kanawha, and Tazewell

Namesake: Logan, Iroquois orator
Seat: Logan (1826–)

Land area: 454 square miles

Population (2020): 32,567

Population (historic): 3,680 (1830); 4,938 (1860); 7,329 (1880); 6,955 (1900); 58,534 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1850–1890; 1900–1950; 1970s

Subdivisions: One city; four towns; 20 CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,489 (14.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $384
Average outbuilding value (1930): $181
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 768
Average farm size (1920): 28.1 acres
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Logan

Namesake: Logan, Iroquois orator

Founding: 1826 (post office); 1827 (platting as Lawsonville); 1853 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,438

Population (historic): 444 (1900); 1,640 (1910); 2,998 (1920); 4,396 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1940; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 405 (44.7%)
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