Logan, Utah#Metropolitan Statistical Area

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. They named their new community "Logan" for Ephraim Logan, an early fur trapper in the area. Logan was incorporated on January 17, 1866.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mendonutah.net/history/cache_county/18.htm|title=An Early History of Cache County— Early Logan City Government|website=mendonutah.net}} Brigham Young College was founded here on August 6, 1877 (and closed in 1926),{{cite web | title=Info | website=digital.lib.usu.edu | url=http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16944coll4 | access-date=June 19, 2020}} and Utah State University, then called the Agricultural College of Utah, was founded in 1888.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/utah-state-3677|title=Utah State University|work=usnews.com}}

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.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/4945860|title=Population estimates, July 1, 2015, (V2015)|website=census.gov|access-date=October 3, 2016}}

Logan is situated on the Logan River in northern Utah, about {{convert|47|mi}} north of Ogden and {{convert|82|mi}} north of Salt Lake City.

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of {{convert|48.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|46.5|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.5|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 3.16%, is water.

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 {{convert|9710|ft}} 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.

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.airquality.utah.gov |title=Utah Division of Air Quality |website=airquality.utah.gov}} {{nonspecific|date=June 2022}}

{{Weather box

|location = Logan, Utah (Utah State University), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present

|single line = Yes

|collapsed = yes

|Jan record high F = 60

|Feb record high F = 64

|Mar record high F = 75

|Apr record high F = 86

|May record high F = 94

|Jun record high F = 99

|Jul record high F = 103

|Aug record high F = 101

|Sep record high F = 98

|Oct record high F = 89

|Nov record high F = 74

|Dec record high F = 66

|Jan avg record high F = 47.8

|Feb avg record high F = 52.5

|Mar avg record high F = 65.6

|Apr avg record high F = 75.8

|May avg record high F = 83.5

|Jun avg record high F = 91.5

|Jul avg record high F = 96.8

|Aug avg record high F = 95.2

|Sep avg record high F = 89.3

|Oct avg record high F = 78.7

|Nov avg record high F = 62.7

|Dec avg record high F = 51.9

|year avg record high F = 97.3

|Jan high F = 32.2

|Feb high F = 36.9

|Mar high F = 48.2

|Apr high F = 56.5

|May high F = 66.8

|Jun high F = 77.9

|Jul high F = 88.2

|Aug high F = 86.6

|Sep high F = 75.6

|Oct high F = 60.7

|Nov high F = 45.3

|Dec high F = 33.6

|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 24.9

|Feb mean F = 29.0

|Mar mean F = 39.0

|Apr mean F = 46.3

|May mean F = 55.6

|Jun mean F = 64.9

|Jul mean F = 74.2

|Aug mean F = 72.8

|Sep mean F = 62.8

|Oct mean F = 49.7

|Nov mean F = 36.9

|Dec mean F = 26.3

|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 17.6

|Feb low F = 21.1

|Mar low F = 29.8

|Apr low F = 36.0

|May low F = 44.4

|Jun low F = 51.9

|Jul low F = 60.2

|Aug low F = 58.9

|Sep low F = 50.0

|Oct low F = 38.7

|Nov low F = 28.5

|Dec low F = 18.9

|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 1.9

|Feb avg record low F = 6.5

|Mar avg record low F = 15.7

|Apr avg record low F = 25.2

|May avg record low F = 32.7

|Jun avg record low F = 39.8

|Jul avg record low F = 51.2

|Aug avg record low F = 49.2

|Sep avg record low F = 37.4

|Oct avg record low F = 25.6

|Nov avg record low F = 12.7

|Dec avg record low F = 2.9

|year avg record low F = -1.9

|Jan record low F = -23

|Feb record low F = -23

|Mar record low F = -6

|Apr record low F = 9

|May record low F = 16

|Jun record low F = 28

|Jul record low F = 36

|Aug record low F = 35

|Sep record low F = 24

|Oct record low F = 3

|Nov record low F = -16

|Dec record low F = -25

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation inch = 1.83

|Feb precipitation inch = 1.61

|Mar precipitation inch = 2.17

|Apr precipitation inch = 2.26

|May precipitation inch = 2.41

|Jun precipitation inch = 1.27

|Jul precipitation inch = 0.57

|Aug precipitation inch = 0.71

|Sep precipitation inch = 1.34

|Oct precipitation inch = 1.83

|Nov precipitation inch = 1.38

|Dec precipitation inch = 1.59

|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in

|Jan precipitation days = 10.5

|Feb precipitation days = 9.8

|Mar precipitation days = 9.4

|Apr precipitation days = 10.4

|May precipitation days = 11.3

|Jun precipitation days = 5.8

|Jul precipitation days = 4.0

|Aug precipitation days = 5.3

|Sep precipitation days = 5.7

|Oct precipitation days = 7.9

|Nov precipitation days = 8.1

|Dec precipitation days = 10.9

|Jan snow inch = 12.9

|Feb snow inch = 12.2

|Mar snow inch = 8.5

|Apr snow inch = 4.1

|May snow inch = 0.3

|Jun snow inch = 0.0

|Jul snow inch = 0.0

|Aug snow inch = 0.0

|Sep snow inch = 0.0

|Oct snow inch = 1.4

|Nov snow inch = 6.3

|Dec snow inch = 15.8

|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in

|Jan snow days = 8.6

|Feb snow days = 6.4

|Mar snow days = 4.1

|Apr snow days = 1.9

|May snow days = 0.3

|Jun snow days = 0.0

|Jul snow days = 0.0

|Aug snow days = 0.0

|Sep snow days = 0.0

|Oct snow days = 0.7

|Nov snow days = 3.8

|Dec snow days = 8.5

|Jan snow depth inch = 10.2

|Feb snow depth inch = 10.1

|Mar snow depth inch = 6.3

|Apr snow depth inch = 2.5

|May snow depth inch = 0.3

|Jun snow depth inch = 0.0

|Jul snow depth inch = 0.0

|Aug snow depth inch = 0.0

|Sep snow depth inch = 0.0

|Oct snow depth inch = 1.1

|Nov snow depth inch = 3.5

|Dec snow depth inch = 7.8

|year snow depth inch = 12.8

|source 1 = NOAA

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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Logan Utah ST UNIV, UT

|access-date = February 10, 2023

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|source 2 = National Weather Service

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|publisher = National Weather Service

|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Salt Lake City

|access-date = February 10, 2023

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{{wide image|Logan panorama.jpg|650px|Overlooking the Logan area northward into Franklin County}}

{{US Census population

|1870= 1757

|1880= 3396

|1890= 4565

|1900= 5451

|1910= 7522

|1920= 9439

|1930= 9979

|1940= 11868

|1950= 16832

|1960= 18731

|1970= 22333

|1980= 26844

|1990= 32762

|2000= 42670

|2010= 48174

|2020= 52778

|estyear=2023

|estimate=55250

|estref=

|footnote=source:Moffatt, Riley. Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850–1990. Lanham: Scarecrow, 1996, 307.

}}

During the 2020 census, there were 52,778 people. The population was counted at 48,174 in the 2010 census. 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.census.gov | title = Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010}}

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.

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.[http://www.loganutah.gov/Our%20Customers/business.cfm Home of Logan City] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530093834/http://www.loganutah.org/Our%20Customers/business.cfm |date=May 30, 2009 }}. Loganutah.org. Retrieved December 31, 2010

• Utah State University – doctoral land-grant university
• Al’s Sporting Goods - American chain of sporting goods stores
• Gossner Foods – dairy product manufacturer
• Ifrogz - manufacturer of cases for Apple products
• Infinite Discs - American disc golf equipment company
• Lee’s Marketplace - chain of grocery stores based in Utah
• Space Dynamics Lab - aerospace and government contractor owned by Utah State University
• S&S Worldwide – manufacturer of amusement park rides
• Utah Festival Opera – founded and headquartered in Logan

• PoliticIt - political website
• Crumbl Cookies - a cookie company that was started by students attending Utah State.

File:Ellen eccles theater.jpg]]

Attractions and events include:

• Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
• Ellen Eccles Theatre
• Summerfest Arts Faire,{{cite web|url=http://www.logansummerfest.com|title=Summerfest Arts Faire|website=logansummerfest.com|access-date=June 9, 2017}} featuring fine arts, music, food, and children's activities.
• Cache Valley Cruise-In, Utah's largest automotive event, features vehicles, concerts, and a car parade.[http://www.cachevalleycruisein.com/ Cache Valley Cruising Association :: Home]. Cachevalleycruisein.com. Retrieved December 31, 2010
• Summerfest Arts Faire showcases local artwork, food, and performers.{{cite web|url=http://www.logansummerfest.com/|title=Summerfest Arts Faire|website=logansummerfest.com|access-date=June 9, 2017}}
• LGBTQA Pride festival, founded in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.loganpride.org/|title=Logan Pride|access-date=June 9, 2017}}
• Logan Utah Temple, completed in 1884.

File:BaldEagle-At-WillParkZoo.JPG

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).

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.{{cite web |title=Branches of City Government; Designated |url=https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/loganut/latest/logan_ut/0-0-0-148 |website=City Code of Logan, Utah |publisher=American Legal Publishing |access-date=April 4, 2024 |page=2.02.020 |date=November 21, 2023}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.loganutah.gov/government/mayor_s_office/index.php|title=Office of the Mayor|website=loganutah.gov|access-date=May 4, 2019}} Current Logan City Council Members include Amy Z. Anderson, Mark A. Anderson, Mike Johnson, Ernesto Lopez, and Jeannie F. Simmonds.{{Cite web|title=Logan Municipal Council|url=https://www.loganutah.gov/government/city_council/index.php|access-date=April 4, 2024|website=Loganutah.gov}}

Alvin Crockett was the city's first mayor, elected on March 5, 1866.{{cite web |title=Alvin Crockett: 1st Mayor of Logan |url=https://library.loganutah.gov/Local_history/Mayors/alvin_crockett.php |website=Logan Library |access-date=April 4, 2024}} Other previous mayors include Craig Petersen (2014-2018) and Randy Watts (2006-2014).

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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,{{cite web |url=https://edithbowen.usu.edu/about-us/history |title=Edith Bowen Laboratory School's History |author= |date=2023 |website= |publisher=Utah State University |access-date=April 29, 2023}} Bear River Charter School (K-6),{{cite web |url=https://www.bearrivercharter.org/ |title=Bear River Charter School |date=2023 |website=Bear River Charter School |access-date=April 29, 2023}} and Fast Forward Charter High School.{{cite web |url=https://www.ffchs.org/ |title=Fast Forward High School}}

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.

• Bridgerland Technical College offers certificate programs across several industries.{{cite web |title=Bridgerland Technical College |url=https://www.utahmajors.org/institutions/30 |website=Utah Programs and Majors Guide |publisher=Utah System of Higher Education |access-date=April 4, 2024}}
• Utah State University offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.{{cite web |title=Utah State University |url=https://www.utahmajors.org/institutions/3 |website=Utah Programs and Majors Guide |publisher=Utah System of Higher Education |access-date=April 4, 2024}}

• The Herald Journal, a daily newspaper
• Cache Valley Daily,{{cite web|url=http://www.cachevalleydaily.com|title=CacheValleyDaily.com|website=CacheValleyDaily.com|access-date=June 9, 2017}} a news site operated by KVNU
• The Utah Statesman, a student-ran newspaper at Utah State University that occasionally covers broader local news

• K08QL-D and K22MH-D, translators of KCSG Cedar City.
• KCVB-LD ("The Valley Channel"), a local television station providing community-oriented programs.{{cite web |title=The Valley Channel |url=https://thevalleychannel.com/ |publisher=Cache Valley Broadcasting, LLC |access-date=25 May 2025}}

• Utah Public Radio is a statewide National Public Radio affiliate headquartered on the Logan campus of Utah State University.{{cite web |title=Utah Public Radio |url=https://www.upr.org/ |access-date=25 May 2025}}
• KVNU, news, sports and talk.
• KBLQ, soft rock
• KVFX, Top 40

File:Logan transit station.jpg

In 2009, the Logan metropolitan statistical area (MSA) ranked eighth-highest in the U.S. for commuters who biked to work (3.3%).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf|series=American Community Survey Reports|title=Commuting in the United States: 2009|access-date=December 26, 2017|date=September 2011}}

• US-89
• US-91

Logan is served by a local sales-tax-funded zero-fare bus system, Connect Transit, formerly named 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 15 routes that serve Logan and the adjacent cities of North Logan and River Heights. These include a northern route that reaches as far as 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.{{cite web |title=Routes & Schedules |url=https://rideconnectutah.gov/routes/ |website=Connect Transit |access-date=25 May 2025}}

The public general aviation airport is Logan-Cache Airport. It features flight instruction and private charter flights.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

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• Jawahir Ahmed, model and beauty pageant winner
• Neil L. Andersen, LDS Church apostle born in Logan{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Cody |title=Getting to know Neil L. Andersen |url=https://www.heraldextra.com/special-section/getting-to-know-neil-l-andersen/article_c8128df9-a5bf-5ed6-b16d-5e4f51ed579b.html |access-date=18 May 2025 |work=Daily Herald |date=September 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704204726/https://www.heraldextra.com/special-section/getting-to-know-neil-l-andersen/article_c8128df9-a5bf-5ed6-b16d-5e4f51ed579b.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 4, 2017}}
• Rocky Anderson, mayor of Salt Lake City 2000–2008{{cite news |last1=Bernick |first1=Bob Jr. |title=The race for Mayor: Rocky Anderson Early tragedy fueled his desire to serve and boost quality of lives |url=https://www.deseret.com/1999/10/24/19471993/the-race-for-mayor-rocky-anderson-br-early-tragedy-fueled-his-desire-to-serve-and-boost-quality-of-l/ |access-date=18 May 2025 |work=Deseret News |date=October 24, 1999}}
• Michael Ballam, opera singer, founder of Utah Festival Opera Company{{cite news |last1=Boone |first1=Ray |title=Utah Theatre Turned Into ‘Time Machine’ Showcasing Classic Films |url=https://ksltv.com/entertainment/colonel-and-opera-singer-show-classic-cinema-to-big-cache-valley-crowds/429762/ |access-date=18 May 2025 |work=KSL-TV |date=January 26, 2020 |quote=Michael Ballam was born in Logan but spent 35 years in New York City.}}
• Elaine Bradley, member of Neon Trees rock band
• Hugh B. Brown military officer, politician, LDS Church leader
• Reed Budge, Idaho legislator
• Charles Bullen, politician
• Shay Carl, internet celebrity
• Ron Carlson, novelist and short story writer
• Quentin L. Cook, LDS Church apostle
• Chris Cooley, Washington Redskins football player
• Kevin Curtis, NFL football player
• Marriner Eccles, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank
• Luke Falk, football player for Washington State University, New York Jets
• Rulon Gardner, 2000 Olympic gold medalist (Greco-Roman wrestling)
• Hal Garner, football player for the Buffalo Bills
• John Gilbert, silent film star
• Kenny Griffin, Olympic gymnast
• Morris R. Jeppson, weapons test officer, Enola Gay
• Robert M. Kimmitt, former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, United States Ambassador to Germany
• Russell Maughan, pioneer aviator, first person to fly across America in a single day
• Joseph M. Newman, film director
• Chase Nielsen, member of Doolittle Raid
• Merlin Olsen, football player for Los Angeles Rams, actor and TV personality
• L. Tom Perry, LDS Church apostle
• Casey Robinson, screenwriter and film producer
• Lenore Romney, former First Lady of Michigan, mother of Mitt Romney
• Alan Stauffer, Wyoming legislator, born in Logan
• May Swenson, poet
• Jean Sullivan, actress
• Kip Thorne, astronomer, physicist, 2017 Nobel laureate for the observation of gravitational waves
• John W. Welch, law and religion scholar
• Larry Winborg, illustrator and gallery owner
• Evelyn Wood, speed-reading entrepreneur

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• List of cities and towns in Utah
• Utah State University
• Logan Canyon

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• {{official website|http://www.loganutah.gov}}
• [http://www.tourcachevalley.com/ Cache Valley Visitors Bureau]
• [http://www.cachechamber.com/ Cache Chamber of Commerce]

{{Geographic Location

| Centre = Logan

| North = Amalga, Smithfield
Hyde Park
North Logan

| Northeast = Wasatch-Cache National Forest / Laketown

| East = Wasatch-Cache National Forest / Randolph

| Southeast = Wasatch-Cache National Forest / Woodruff

| South = River Heights
Nibley, Millville, Providence

| Southwest = Wellsville

| West = Mendon

| Northwest = Newton

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