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Logan County, Ohio

69 topographic sheets and 26 fire insurance atlases across 6 places.

Research this county

From the record

8 National Register listings published here · 41 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1896 to 1929.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Ohio within the United States
Logan County within Ohio
Explore by year 1875 1929

What the record shows

  • 6 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Bellefontaine, Degraff, West Liberty, Lakeview, West Mansfield, Belle Centre, between 1887 and 1951.
  • 26 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 664 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 8 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 5 buildings, 2 structures and 1 district.
  • 1 of them is a covered bridge.
  • 4 of the 8 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 45 populated places in this county; 45 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
  • 2 public-domain county histories, 1880, supply 146,035 words of narrative reproduced here.

Places on the National Register

8

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Downtown Bellefontaine Historic Districtdistrict2020100005213
First Concrete Street In U.S.structure197474001547
William Lawrence Housebuilding197979001884
Logan County Courthousebuilding197373001497
Martin Marmon Housebuilding198686000322
McColly Covered Bridgestructure197575001458
Piatt, Abram S., House and Piatt, Donn S., Housebuilding198282003604
Schine's Holland Theatrebuilding200101000561

Covered bridges

1

Logan County has 1 covered bridge on the National Register. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.

McColly Covered BridgeListed 1975, 16 map sheets show this crossing

Digitised newspapers

5 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The Bellefontaine Republican

Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, 1855 to 1905. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1875 - Combination atlas map of Logan county, Ohio,
Bird's-eye view (1875) - Combination atlas map of Logan county, Ohio,. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1890 - Atlas of Logan County, Ohio
Land ownership map (1890) - Atlas of Logan County, Ohio. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

1 of 5 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 5 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Oatman's Resort, Boston Public Library - undated
Oatman's Resort. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

14 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 517 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 14 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-05-08, scale 1:18000
1959-05-08, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-01, scale 1:24000
1971-04-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-05-08, scale 1:18000
1959-05-08, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-05-08, scale 1:18000
1959-05-08, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-05-08, scale 1:18000
1959-05-08, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-16, scale 1:24000
1971-04-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-01, scale 1:24000
1972-05-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-01, scale 1:24000
1972-05-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-01, scale 1:24000
1972-05-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-01, scale 1:24000
1972-05-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-10-01, scale 1:76000
1973-10-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-10-01, scale 1:76000
1973-10-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-10-01, scale 1:76000
1973-10-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-10-01, scale 1:76000
1973-10-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

11 stations, 10 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

51 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 46-1Bloomfield township
  • 46-2West Mansfield village, comprising parts of Bokes Creek and Perry townships: West Mansfield village - That part in Bokes Creek township
  • 46-3West Mansfield village - That part in Perry township
  • 46-4Bokes Creek township, outside West Mansfield village: Ridgeway village - That part in Logan County comprising part of Bokes Creek township (Remainder of Ridgeway village is in Hale township, Hardin County)
  • 46-5Bokes Creek township - That part outside Ridgeway and West Mansfield villages (Remainder of Bokes Creek township is in West Mansfield village)
  • 46-6Bellefontaine city, comprising parts of Harrison and Lake townships: Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 3 in Harrison township Bounded by City limits; Township line; Columbus Ave.; City limits
  • 46-7Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 4 in Harrison township Bounded by Columbus Ave.; Township line; City limits; City limits
  • 46-8Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 1 in Lake township Bounded by Columbus Ave., Eastern; City limits; City limits; Ludlow, Patterson Ave., Newell, Powers
  • 46-9Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 1 in Lake township Bounded by Columbus Ave.; Powers, Newell; Patterson Ave.; Main
  • 46-10Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 1 in Lake township Bounded by Patterson Ave.; Ludlow, City limits; City limits, Lake; Main
  • 46-11Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 2 in Lake township Bounded by City limits; Brown Ave.; Park, Williams, Park
  • 46-12Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 2 in Lake township Bounded by City limits; Park, Williams, Park; Brown Ave.; Main
  • 46-13Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 2 in Lake township Bounded by Brown Ave.; Nelson, Sandusky, Hayes; Columbus Ave;. Main
  • 46-14Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 2 in Lake township Bounded by Brown Ave.; City limits; Eastern, Columbus Ave.; Hayes, Sandusky, Nelson
  • 46-15Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 3 in Lake township Bounded by City limits; Main; Columbus Ave.; Detroit, Powell Ave., Henry
  • 46-16Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 3 in Lake township Bounded by City limits; Henry, Powell Ave., Detroit; Columbus Ave.; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
  • 46-17Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 3 in Lake township Bounded by City limits; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad; Garfield Ave., Walker, Williams Ave.; Township line, City limits
  • 46-18Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 3 in Lake township Bounded by Williams Ave.; Walker, Garfield Ave.; Columbus Ave.; Township line
  • 46-19Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 4 in Lake township Bounded by Columbus Ave.; Main; Carter Ave.; City limits, Plumvalley
  • 46-20Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 4 in Lake township Bounded by Columbus Ave.; Plumvalley; City limits; Township line
  • 46-21Bellefontaine city - That part of Ward 4 in Lake township Bounded by Carter Ave.; Main, Lake, City limits; City limits; City limits
  • 46-22Harrison township - That part outside Bellefontaine city (Remainder of Harrison township is in Bellefontaine city)
  • 46-23Jefferson township: Zanesfield village
  • 46-24Jefferson township - That part north and east of U.S. Hwy. 33, outside Zanesfield village
  • 46-25Jefferson township - That part south and west of U.S. Hwy. 33, outside Zanesfield village
  • 46-26Lake township - That part outside Bellefontaine city (Remainder of Lake township is in Bellefontaine city)
  • 46-27Liberty township: West Liberty village: West Liberty village - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 68
  • 46-28West Liberty village - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 68
  • 46-29Liberty township - That part outside West Liberty village
  • 46-30McArthur township: Huntsville village
  • 46-31McArthur township - That part outside Huntsville village
  • 46-32DeGraff village, comprising parts of Miami and Pleasant townships: DeGraff village - That part in Miami township
  • 46-33DeGraff village - That part in Pleasant township
  • 46-34Miami township, outside DeGraff village, Quincy village
  • 46-35Miami township - That part outside DeGraff and Quincy villages (Remainder of Miami township is in DeGraff village)
  • 46-36Monroe township
  • 46-37Perry township - That part outside West Mansfield village (Remainder of Perry township is in West Mansfield village)
  • 46-38Pleasant township - That part outside DeGraff village (Remainder of Pleasant township is in DeGraff village)
  • 46-39Richland township: Belle Center village
  • 46-40Richland township - That part outside Belle Center village
  • 46-41Rushcreek township: Rushsylvania village
  • 46-42Rushcreek township - That part southeast of New York Central Railroad, outside Rushsylvania village
  • 46-43Rushcreek township - That part northwest of New York Central Railroad, outside Rushsylvania village
  • 46-44Stokes township: Lakeview village: Lakeview village - That part north of Lake Ave.
  • 46-45Lakeview village - That part south of Lake Ave.
  • 46-46Avondale - Island View, unincorporated Bounded by State Hwy. 69; Township line; Shore of Indian Lake; Van Horn Creek, State Hwy. 69
  • 46-47Stokes township - That part outside Lakeview village and the unincorporated place of Avondale - Island View (See separate map for boundaries of Avondale - Island View)
  • 46-48Union township
  • 46-49Washington township: Russells Point village
  • 46-50Washington township - That part outside Russells Point village
  • 46-51Zane township

Businesses named in the atlases

41 businesses

Every Sanborn volume opens with a printed index naming the town's mills, tanneries, hotels and works by proprietor. Those indexes were read off the scanned sheets by machine and then matched to each other, so a business surveyed four times appears here once, with the years it survived. 9 of these 41 were named in more than one atlas. Each carries a crop of the line it was read from: the spelling is the recogniser's and the 1880s lithographer's, and the scan behind it is the proof.

Wildfire, 2002

1 fire

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1 of them, burning under an acre. None started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Every one of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 March 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1957 to 2026

60 of 380 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 380 reports for this county, causing 3 deaths, 26 injuries and about $9,459,751 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind210
Hail72
Flood45
Flash Flood39
Tornado8
Heavy Rain4
Lightning2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2024Tornado (EF3)Lakeview Van Horn Ar3 killed, 25 hurt, $5,000,000The tornado began in Auglaize County at 1829EST, 3 miles north of Botkins and moved east-southeast, entering Logan County at 1843EST, just north of Santa Fe. Areas of signifincant tree damage occurred along the path of the tornado across northwest Logan County. ||The tornado strengthened as it approached the village of Lakeview, producing severe damage over much of the Lakeview area, beginning along Pine Street and Poplar Court. On Poplar Court, one single family residence was destroyed, with all walls collapsed. A corridor of severe damage continued directly southeast across Main Street, where wall collapse was noted along one business building and another well built construction was destroyed. Another single family home on North Oak Street, just to the east of U.S. Route 33 and west of Indian Lake, also had all walls collapsed from the tornado. The most significant damage occurred along this stretch of Lakeview, with maximum winds estimated to be up to 155 mph, or EF-3. The width of the tornado was a half mile at this point. Three fatalities and 25 injuries occurred in the Lakeview area. ||Damage, primarily of EF-2 magnitude, continued southeast of Lakeview, affecting areas near U.S. Route 33 and State Route 366. The survey team noted roofs removed from single family homes, several outbuildings destroyed and also destruction of numerous manufactured homes. One business near the intersection of U.S. Route 33 and Township Highway 239 had total wall collapse, indicative of 140 mph winds, or low end EF-3 damage. ||The tornado then crossed a portion of Indian Lake and moved across Orchard Island. Numerous manufactured homes were completely destroyed in a mobile home park area at Orchard Island, with the damage on Orchard Island rated as high end EF-2. ||The tornado moved over another section of Indian Lake, producing damage over a community on the eastern side of the lake, affecting Park Drive, Maple Street and Walnut Street. Several homes had their roofs completely removed, although most walls remained standing. ||The tornado continued to move to the southeast, crossing State Route 366 and State Route 117 to the north of Huntsville. The tornado had weakened to EF-1 intensity at this point, with hardwood tree damage and outbuilding damage or destruction noted. Damage became much more sporadic and weaker across eastern Logan County with some minor tree damage noted just southwest of West Mansfield. The tornado is believed to have dissipated near County Road 8, just east of State Route 292.
June 2004LightningBellefontaine1 hurtA 19 year-old boy suffered minor injuries when lightning struck a nearby tree.
May 2019Flash FloodWest Liberty$1,000,000Four to six inches of rain fell across portions of central and southern Logan County, flooding numerous roads and homes in the Bellefontaine and West Liberty areas. Several county roads and culverts were damaged from the flash flooding.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWest Mansfield$500,000A mobile home was overturned and destroyed and a roof was blown off a horse barn. A number of trees were uprooted.
September 1994Thunderstorm WindSanta Fe$500,000,,,,,,,,Hail (1.75) Trees and limbs were downed, some on power lines. Wind driven large hail damaged siding and broke windows.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBellefontaine$250,000Numerous trees and power lines were damaged across Logan County.
May 1970Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
July 2003Flash FloodLakeview$200,000Major flooding continued in Lakeview as 25 additional families were evacuated. Three-fourths of the town was underwater as rain came to an end late in the evening. The total number of homes affected by the week of flooding in the county were close to 200.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindBellefontaine$100,000Numerous trees and large branches were downed across the area due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Some of the branches were blocking the Route 33 and 68 exit ramp. Roof damage also occurred to several buildings in the area.
July 2003Flash FloodLakeview$100,000Up to one hundred campers and numerous homes flooded in Lakeview. Several roads were closed due to high water.
July 2003Flash FloodLakeview$100,000Much of the town of Lakeview, including several businesses and homes, remained underwater. Numerous roads in the Indian Lake vicinity were flooded and closed, including State Routes 274 and 235.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindBellefontaine$60,000Numerous trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Several barns were also damaged or destroyed along with some minor damage to a few homes.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindSouth Half$60,000Numerous trees were downed and two mobile homes were overturned and damaged.
May 2019Flash FloodMc Morran$50,000County Road 13 was closed between State Route 235 and County Road 130 due to flash flooding.
May 2019Flash FloodMiddleburg$50,000State Route 559 was closed due to flooding between State Route 287 and Township Road 258.
September 2003Thunderstorm WindLakeview$50,000Several silos on a farm were heavily damaged by the strong winds. An airplane was overturned at a nearby airfield. Fences were blown over and damaged at Indian Lake HIgh School. Numerous trees were downed, including one that fell on a house, causing minor damage. A mobile home was also destroyed.
September 2000Flash FloodBellefontaine$50,000Heavy rainfall caused flooded roads in Bellefontaine. Also, part of the road and a bridge were washed out on Township Road 151.
August 2000LightningHuntsville$50,000Lightning struck a house causing a fire in the attic.
June 1995Tornado (F1)Near Quincy$50,000A tornado briefly touched down just south of the Miami River along County Route 73. A 40- by 60-foot barn was damaged and a mobile home was blown over. Several trees were also downed.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindBellefontaine$40,000Straight-line thunderstorm winds destroyed a large shed and severely damaged two machinery sheds.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindRussells Pt$30,000A business sustained roof damage due to thunderstorm winds. Two by fours from the damaged roofing were blown into the roof and garage of a nearby residence. A garage was also shifted about 18 inches off of its foundation. Other damage to residences also occurred several miles to the west of this location near the village of Bloom Center.
November 2002Tornado (F3)East Liberty$30,000The tornado touched down across the extreme eastern part of the county and moved northeast, continuing into Union County. Two semi trailers and a shed roof were damaged.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindDeGraff and$30,000Trees were downed. In Bellfontaine, trees fell on 18 golf carts, smashing them.
February 2011FloodBellefontaine$25,000Flooding is a continuation from earlier flash flooding in the area. Several roads were impassible and evacuations occurred in a trailer park due to the precipitation. Flooding began around 0645 EST on February 28th and continued until around 0900 EST on March 2nd. Damage estimates during March were around twenty-five thousand dollars.
February 2011Flash FloodRushsylvania$25,000A house was flooded and people were evacuated due to flash flooding.
March 2011FloodBellefontaine$25,000Flooding is a continuation from earlier flash flooding in the area on February 28th. Several roads were impassible and evacuations occurred in a trailer park due to the precipitation. Flooding began around 0645 EST on February 28th and continued until around 0900 EST on March 2nd. Damage estimates during February were around twenty-five thousand dollars.
July 1992Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1971Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBellefontaine$20,000A large tree fell onto a house on Wright Street, damaging the house.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindDe Graff$20,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed throughout the county.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWest Liberty$20,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed near U.S. 68 and Township Road 190. Trees were also downed along County Roads 5 and 29.
February 2008FloodLakeview$20,000Numerous roads were flooded and closed in western Logan county, including State Route 235 between Lakeview and State Route 708 and State Route 720 between State Route 235 and US Route 33. Several evacuations were necessary along the south shore of Indian Lake between Lakeview and Russells Point.
June 2019Flash FloodBellefontaine$15,000Mary Rutan Hospital was flooded by water. Also, numerous roads were closed throughout Logan County due to high water.
December 2006Flash FloodLakeview$15,000Three homes were evacuated due to high water in and around the town of Lakeview near Indian Lake.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Liberty$12,000Several trees and power lines were downed.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindQuincy$10,000A garage and outbuilding were damaged in the 5200 block of County Road 4.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBellefontaine$10,000A few power poles were downed along Township Highway 199 West.
September 2020Flash FloodWalnut Grove$10,000A culvert was washed out near the intersection of State Route 47 and County Road 12.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindWest Liberty$10,000Several trees and power lines were downed across the southern parts of Logan County.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDe Graff$10,000Multiple trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds. A large limb also fell on a house.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRussells Pt$10,000A tree was downed on Route 708 due to thunderstorm winds. Utility poles and wires were also down in the area.
March 2011FloodBellefontaine$10,000Numerous roads were flooded across the county due to heavy rainfall.
February 2011Flash FloodHuntsville$10,000Multiple streets were flooded due to heavy rain.
February 2011Flash FloodBellefontaine$10,000Multiple roads were closed due to flash flooding.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLakeview Van Horn Ar$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew a portion of a roof off of a garage near Indian Lake.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBelle Center$10,000A barn collapsed from the thunderstorm winds. Trees were knocked down as well.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindLakeview$10,000Two houses had roof damage and siding peeled. A few trailers were tipped over along the north side of Indian Lake. Numerous trees and power lines were also downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBellefontaine$10,000Several 2 inch diameter tree limbs downed. A tree fell on an automobile in Bellefontaine, causing some damage.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindRussells Pt$10,000Several large trees were uprooted and downed. One home was destroyed by a fallen tree on Orchard Island.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBellefontaine$10,000A few trees fell on homes.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWest Mansfield$10,000Several trees were blown into power lines causing power outages across the town.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBellefontaine$10,000Many trees downed.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000Trees downed across the entire county.
April 2002HailBellefontaine$10,000no account filed
April 2002HailBellefontaine$10,000no account filed
April 2002HailDe Graff$10,000no account filed
March 2026Thunderstorm WindRussells Pt$8,000Numerous power poles were downed near Grand Avenue.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindWest Liberty$8,000Two barns sustained major damage along State Route 287, with one of the barns having its roof removed. Trees were also downed.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindOrchard Is$7,000Numerous trees and limbs were downed in the area due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBellefontaine$7,000A power pole was snapped and a tree fell down on a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds.

Mines and quarries

17 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 17 workings inside this county. 7 still produce and 10 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction11
Limestone, General3
Stone, Crushed/Broken3

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Duff QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Duff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
East Liberty Plant #226Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
East Liberty QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Northwood Stone & Asphalt Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Northwood Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Duff PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Duff Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Johnson's Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Logan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Logan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Neers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Neers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ropp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weiskittle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Weiskittle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Collected here, 1862 to 1975

8 of 1,357 shown

Museum specimens collected in and around this county - inside the rectangle that bounds it - and catalogued with a date and a place: 1,357 of them, by kingdom 1,255 animalia, 52 plantae, 47 fungi, 2 protozoa, 1 unrecorded. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), UMMZ, INHS, Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), KU, Ohio State University - Amphibian Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.

The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.

Photograph YearSpecies KingdomWhere CollectorCatalogue
A photograph of the species Carex buxbaumii, not of this specimen1862Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb.PlantaeBelfontaine.W. M. CanbyNY 2253288
A photograph of the species Nasturtium officinale, not of this specimen1862Nasturtium officinale R.Br.PlantaeBellefontaineW. M. CanbyNY 2376999
A photograph of the species Protographium marcellus, not of this specimen1869Protographium marcellus (Cramer, 1777)AnimaliaBellefontainenot recordedYPM YPM ENT 728463
A photograph of the species Otus asio, not of this specimen1874Otus asio naevius (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)AnimaliaLogan, Ohio, USATrautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten)Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) OSUM Birds B 16440
A photograph of the species Solenostoma crenuliforme, not of this specimen1877Solenostoma crenuliforme (Austin) Steph.Plantaenot statednot recordedNY 243919
A photograph of the species Meleagris gallopavo, not of this specimen1882Meleagris gallopavo silvestris Vieillot, 1817AnimaliaMt. VictoryW.C. HamptonWFVZ 163590
A photograph of the species Gallinago delicata, not of this specimen1889Gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825)AnimaliaOberlin, Logan, Ohio, USAMcCormick, L. M.Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) OSUM Birds B 15069
A photograph of the species Gallinago gallinago, not of this specimen1889Gallinago gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825)AnimaliaBeaver Creek, Logan, Ohio, USAMcCormick, L. M.Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) OSUM Birds B 14872

The townships, in 1880

146,035 words

History of Logan County and Ohio : Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Logan County, Giving an Account of Its Aboriginal Inhabitants ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 2 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.

Shape and position in the county TownshipSettlements in it LengthSections
Liberty TownshipSouthtowne Meadows, West Liberty57,862 words3
Miami TownshipDe Graff, Quincy88,173 words6

The county's history books

542,357 words

One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 39 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.

History of Logan County and Ohio : Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Logan County, Giving an Account of Its Aboriginal Inhabitants ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc (1880)

ChapterLength
Chapter 1 (1 of 2 so headed)6,771 words
Chapter 2: Early Explorations in the West13,038 words
Chapter 3: French and Indian War in the West Possession7,968 words
Chapter 43,457 words
Chapter 56,114 words
Chapter 6 (1 of 2 so headed)9,585 words
Chapter 7 (1 of 2 so headed)4,650 words
Chapter 82,996 words
Chapter 9 (1 of 2 so headed)27,579 words in 2 parts
Chapter 10 (1 of 2 so headed)3,786 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 11 of those read)4,206 words
Chapter 12 (1 of 2 so headed)3,173 words
Chapter 13: Ohio in the Centennial - Address of Edward D. Mansfield, Ll. D., Philadelphia8,220 words
Chapter 14 (1 of 2 so headed)3,012 words
Chapter 15 (1 of 2 so headed)8,083 words
Chapter 1 (2 of 2 so headed)11,025 words
Chapter 220,921 words in 2 parts
Chapter 314,830 words
Chapter 4: The Medical Profession* - the Legal Profession.!21,915 words in 2 parts
Chapter 6 (2 of 2 so headed)15,331 words
Chapter 7 (2 of 2 so headed)9,553 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 22 of those read)9,689 words
Chapter 9 (2 of 2 so headed)12,524 words
Chapter 10 (2 of 2 so headed)5,664 words
Chapter 1124,431 words in 2 parts
Chapter 12 (2 of 2 so headed)6,086 words
Chapter 137,528 words
Chapter 14 (2 of 2 so headed)3,729 words
Chapter 15 (2 of 2 so headed)12,051 words
Chapter 163,217 words
Chapter 175,010 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 32 of those read)2,850 words
Chapter 196,643 words
Chapter 204,838 words
Chapter 213,592 words
Chapter 225,368 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 37 of those read)2,461 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 38 of those read)18,807 words in 2 parts
Biographical sketches201,656 words in 13 parts

Every populated place in the county

45

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 6 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Logan County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Bellefontaine, Ohio

17 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1887 to 1949

Degraff, Ohio

0 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1895 to 1927

West Liberty, Ohio

17 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1896 to 1948

Lakeview, Ohio

16 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1929 to 1951

West Mansfield, Ohio

13 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1911 to 1926

Belle Centre, Ohio

0 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1927 to 1940

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Nomination case files

6 case files

The vanished settlements of Logan County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.