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Logan is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The 2020 census recorded the population at 52,778.<ref name="quickfacts"/><ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> Logan is the county seat of Cache County<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> and the principal city of the Logan metropolitan area, which includes Cache County and Franklin County, Idaho. The Logan metropolitan area contained 147,908 people as of the 2020 census.<ref name="2020census_lma">Template:Cite web</ref> Logan has the main campus of Utah State University.

History

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The town of Logan was founded in 1859 by settlers Brigham Young sent to survey for the site of a fort near the banks of the Logan River.<ref name="Utah History Encyclopedia"/> They named their new community "Logan" for Ephraim Logan, an early fur trapper in the area.<ref name="Utah History Encyclopedia"/> Logan was incorporated on January 17, 1866.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brigham Young College was founded here on August 6, 1877 (and closed in 1926),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Utah State University, then called the Agricultural College of Utah, was founded in 1888.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Brigham Young College, a college run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was in Logan from 1878 to 1926. Its library and its papers were given to Utah State University when it ceased operating.Template:Cn

Logan's growth reflects settlement and postwar booms along with other changes incidental to conditions in the West. Logan grew to about 20,000 in the mid-1960s, and according to census estimates, exceeded 50,000 in 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

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Logan is situated on the Logan River in northern Utah, about Template:Convert north of Ogden and Template:Convert north of Salt Lake City.

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View over Logan and the LDS Temple and the Wellsville Range

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 3.16%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

The city lies near the eastern edge of Cache Valley on the western slopes of the Bear River Mountains. Mount Logan rises to an elevation of Template:Convert immediately to the east, and south of Logan Canyon. The eastern portions of the city are atop shelf-like "benches", late Pleistocene sedimentary deposits created by the glacially fed Logan River feeding into the northern stretches of Lake Bonneville, building a "Gilbert-type" river delta over several thousand years. The Logan River later cut down through these sedimentary deposits after the draining of Lake Bonneville about 14,500 years ago. This created a low-lying area with very steep slopes that reach into the rest of town and to the Logan River bottomlands. West of Logan lie flatlands that contain both farmland and marshes. North and south of Logan are rapidly growing residential suburbs.

Climate

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Logan has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsa) with very warm and usually dry summers and cold winters with moderate snowfall. Precipitation tends to be heaviest in the spring. Like other areas in northern Utah, during mid-winter, high-pressure systems often form over Cache Valley, leading to strong temperature inversions that trap cold air and pollutants and allow thick smog to accumulate in the valley about three percent of the time. This reduces the air quality to unhealthy levels and can result in the worst air pollution levels in the U.S.<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Nonspecific</ref>

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Demographics

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During the 2020 census, there were 52,778 people.<ref name="quickfacts"/> The population was counted at 48,174 in the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010"/> The racial makeup of the city in 2010 was 83.9% White, 1.0% African American, 1.0% Native American, 3.3% Asian, 0.5% Pacific Islander, 8.0% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.9% of the population.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

As of the 2000 Census there were 13,902 households counted in Logan, out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.0% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.2.

In the city, the population was spread out, with

  • 23.4% under the age of 18
  • 34.3% from 18 to 24
  • 25.5% from 25 to 44
  • 9.7% from 45 to 64
  • 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.

As of the 2000 Census the median income for a household in the city was $30,778, and the median income for a family was $33,784. Males had a median income of $27,304 versus $19,687 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,765. About 12.6% of families and 22.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.6% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

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Logan has a wide range of economic sectors, with a focus on education, manufacturing and processing, medical services, agriculture, and retail businesses. The city's largest employers are Utah State University and Space Dynamics Laboratory. Other major employers include ICON Health & Fitness (IFIT), Campbell Scientific, Cache Valley Bank, Conservice, Cache County School District, Cytiva, Entegris, Gossner Foods, Intermountain Health, JBS USA, Lee’s Marketplace, Logan Regional Hospital, Logan City School District, Pepperidge Farm, RR Donnelley, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TTM Technologies, S&S – Sansei Technologies, and Schreiber Foods.<ref>Home of Logan City Template:Webarchive. Loganutah.org. Retrieved December 31, 2010</ref>

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Other

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Arts and culture

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Ellen Eccles Theatre

Attractions and events include:

Parks and recreation

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Bald eagle, Zootah at Willow Park

Logan's Parks and Recreation department runs the Logan River Golf Course, the Logan/Cache County Fairgrounds, and the Logan Aquatic Center.

Zootah at Willow Park is a small zoo in Logan's Willow Park, with a small collection of wild animals including monkeys, coyotes, bobcats, bald eagles, and land birds and ducks.

Logan is the home of two full-length golf courses, the Logan River Golf Course and the Logan Golf and Country Club. Other golf courses are also found around the Cache Valley Area.

There are numerous events at the Logan/Cache County Fairgrounds including fairs, rodeos, and demolition derbies. Nearby, the city of Logan runs an aquatic center and a skate park. During the winter season, the city operates an outdoor ice skating rink at Merlin Olsen Park (Central Park).

Government

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The government of the city of Logan consists of the Executive Branch, led by an elected mayor; the Legislative Branch, led by a five-member city council; and the Judicial Branch, led by the city judge.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Logan does not use districts for election purposes, as the mayor and council members are elected at-large.

The current mayor of Logan, Holly H. Daines, was elected in November 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Current Logan City Council Members include Amy Z. Anderson, Mark A. Anderson, Mike Johnson, Ernesto Lopez, and Jeannie F. Simmonds.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Alvin Crockett was the city's first mayor, elected on March 5, 1866.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Other previous mayors include Craig Petersen (2014-2018) and Randy Watts (2006-2014).

Education

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The Old Main building at Utah State University

Logan is served by two public school districts—mainly Logan City School District, but also Cache County School District for certain neighborhoods. There are eight public schools in the Logan City School District: six elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, Logan High School. The Cache County School District has four high schools outside Logan in other cities.

Charter schools include Edith Bowen Laboratory School (K-6), on the USU campus,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bear River Charter School (K-6),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Fast Forward Charter High School.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

InTech Collegiate Academy (often known simply as InTech) is in Logan and is a STEM-focused, early college high school partnered with USU.

Logan River Academy is an adolescent residential treatment center in the southern end of Logan.

Colleges and universities

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Media

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Newspapers

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  • The Herald Journal, a daily newspaper
  • Cache Valley Daily,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> a news site operated by KVNU
  • The Utah Statesman, a student-ran newspaper at Utah State University that occasionally covers broader local news

Television

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Radio

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Infrastructure

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Transportation

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Downtown transit station

In 2009, the Logan metropolitan statistical area (MSA) ranked eighth-highest in the U.S. for commuters who biked to work (3.3%).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Highways

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Transit

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Logan is served by a local sales-tax-funded zero-fare bus system, the Cache Valley Transit District (CVTD), which incorporated the Logan Transit District (LTD) in 2007. The LTD system began in 1992 with six routes in Logan. Service outside Logan began with the formation of CVTD in 2001. The system has 16 routes that serve Logan and the adjacent cities of North Logan and River Heights. These include a northern route that reaches to Richmond and a southern route that serves the southern suburbs and Hyrum. There is also a five-time daily connection to Lewiston and Preston, Idaho.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Air travel

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The public general aviation airport is Logan-Cache Airport. It features flight instruction and private charter flights.Template:Cn

Notable people

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See also

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