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Logan’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Logan. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Logan Township is one of twelve townships in Burt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 242 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 244.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 187 to 212 (+13%). Half of its homes were built before 1952.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Logan yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Logan’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Logan

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Jon KylJon KylOakland · 9 miHoot GibsonHoot GibsonTekamah · 16 miRGRodney A. GrantMacy · 10 miDuke EriksonDuke EriksonLyons · 5 miJohn J. WhitacreJohn J. WhitacreDecatur · 8 miVal PetersonVal PetersonOakland · 9 mi
By decade

Logan, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Logan is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Logan has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is A.B. Fuller House in Decatur, 7.9 miles away.

Logan and the nearest listed places

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A.B. Fuller HouseNeihardt, John G., StudyOakland City AuditoriumRattlesnake Creek BridgeSusan La Flesche Picotte HousePicotte, Dr. Susan, Memorial Hospital

Closest to Logan

A.B. Fuller HouseDecatur · Building7.9miNeihardt, John G., StudyBancroft · Built 18909.5miOakland City AuditoriumOakland · Building10.2miRattlesnake Creek BridgeBancroft · Structure12miSusan La Flesche Picotte HouseWalthill · Built 190712.9mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. A.B. Fuller House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Logan?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Logan’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Lyons📜 Everett📜 Dawes📜 Bell Creek
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