Logan County -- NDGenWeb Project

Logan County History

Established 4 Jan 1873, organized 1 Sep 1884 - Napoleon named as county seat. 17 Jan 1899 county seat relocated to King. Napoleon restored as county seat 30 Sep 1899. Named for Gen John Alexander Logan (1826-1886) - Civil War vet from IL. Served as Congressman and US Senator. Unsuccessful candidate for VP in Republican party in 1884.
Area 993 square miles.
2000 population -- 2,308.

Michelle Savre or Char Kibbie
Temporary County Coordinators
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This county is available for adoption.
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Queries

Logan County ND Queries

County & Regional Information Sources and Databases

State Resource & Database Sites

Rootsweb's Logan Co. ND Resource Page
includes:

Logan County Calendar (Reunions, Family Gatherings, etc.)
Mailing List Join the mailing list, or do a search.
It also has WorldConnect Family Trees, SSDI, State Web Sites, Projects, Transcriptions, Primary Records, General Links, Classifieds, and a Guestbook.

Surname Resources

Rootsweb Surname Boards
RootsWeb Surname Email List Finder
North Dakota Family Group Sheet Project

Maps

County Location Map
1888 Territorial Map
North Dakota -- 1895
1895 Atlas, North Dakota with county images and information on towns and cities
1914 Map of Logan County
North Dakota from the Library of the University of Texas at Austin
Color Landform Atlas: North Dakota
Can't find that place? Give these websites a try:
U.S. Gazetteer
USGS Mapping Information -- Data Base Query Form
Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - North Dakota
TopoZone -- The Web's Topographical Map

Adjacent Counties

Lookups

North Dakota Genealogy Lookup Volunteers -- a webpage directory of genealogy volunteers
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness -- North Dakota

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