Logan, Utah
Encyclopedia
Layout of the City
Logan's city grid originates from its Main and Center Street block, with Main Street running north and south, and Center east and west. Each block north, east, south, or west of the origin accumulates in additions of 100 (e.g. 100 North, 100 East), though some streets have non-numeric names. This street grid is typical of many towns and cities that were founded by Latter-day Saints in the Mormon CorridorMormon Corridor
The Mormon Corridor is a term for the areas of Western North America that were settled between 1850 and approximately 1890 by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , who are commonly known as Mormons....
. Most of Logan's commercial businesses are located along Main Street, which spans the entire city.
Logan's downtown area is located in the center of the city and is noted for its many historic buildings and landmarks. Among them are the Logan Tabernacle
Logan Tabernacle
The Logan Tabernacle is a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is located in Logan, Cache County, Utah.-Construction:...
and Logan Utah Temple
Logan Utah Temple
The Logan Utah Temple is the 4th constructed and 2nd operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in the city of Logan, Utah, it was the second LDS temple built in the Rocky Mountains .The LDS temple in Logan was announced on May 18, 1877, just after the dedication...
, which was constructed on the highest hill in the valley so as to be seen for miles in all directions. Both buildings are owned and operated by the LDS Church. Along Center Street, which intersects Logan's Historic District, are a number of stately houses on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
, including the three-story French chateauesque home at 250 West Center Street built in 1907 by the Scottish immigrant, industrialist, and LDS polygamist David Eccles
David Eccles (businessman)
David Eccles was an American businessman and industrialist who founded many businesses throughout the western United States and became Utah's first multimillionaire.-Biography:...
for his second wife, Ellen Stoddard. The downtown area also houses retail and cultural outlets, as well as the municipal and county buildings and courthouses.
The eastern portion of Logan includes the Cliffside and Island neighborhoods, as well as the University district. Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
(USU), with its many educational, cultural, agricultural, and athletic programs, was established in 1888. Campus stands on the eastern side of the city, near to the mountains. USU is the city's largest employer, and it has an enrollment of about 17,000 students in Logan. Logan Canyon begins in the foothills close to campus.
Logan's southern portion is a mixture of commercial and residential, and contains portions of the Logan River
Logan River (Utah)
The Logan River is a tributary of the Little Bear River in Utah, the United States. It is currently being studied to determine whether it is suitable for National Wild and Scenic Rivers designation.- Course :...
as well as the fairgrounds and aquatic center. The northern area of Logan serves partly as a retail district with numerous shops and restaurants, including the Cache Valley Mall. Logan has the region's largest and most comprehensive hospital, Logan Regional Hospital. The western portion of Logan is set aside as a center for light industry, especially along the area of 1000 West Street, and it also contains residential communities.
Demographics
People
As of the 2010 Census there were 48,174 people. The racial makeup of the city was 83.90% White, 1.0% African American, 1.0% Native American, 3.30% Asian, 0.5% Pacific Islander, 8.0% from other racesRace (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.9% of the population.
Age
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 couplesMarriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
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 3.20.
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.
Income
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 incomePer capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
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.
Government
Mayor Randy Watts took office on 03 January 2006, and was re-elected to another 4-year term beginning 2010. Logan City Council Members include Holly Daines, Dean Quayle, Laraine Swenson, Jay A. Monson, and Herm Olsen. Logan City does not use districts for voting and election purposes, as the mayor and council members are elected by an overall vote of the population.Education
Average ACT scores in the Logan School District in 2005 were 21.5 for English, 21.3 for math, 22.7 for reading, 22.1 for science and 22 composite score. Average ACT scores in the Cache County School District, which surrounds Logan city, in 2005 were 20.9 in English, 20.8 in math, 22.5 in reading, 21.5 in science and 21.5 composite score. Two-hundred-fifty Logan High students took the ACT in 2005 and 593 Mountain Crest/Sky View/Cache High students (in Cache County School District) took the test in 2005.
Approximately $4,146 is spent per pupil in the Logan School District. In October 2005, there were 2,600 kindergarten through fifth-grade students, 1,252 sixth- through eighth-grade students and 1,702 high school students. Those numbers report about a 100-student decrease from the previous year. Drop-out rate was 2.3%. 11% of students speak English as a second language.
During the 2004–2005 school year there were 321 professional teachers, resulting in a pupil/teacher ratio of 25.9. The average contract salary for teachers was $38,639.
There are six elementary schools (K-5), one middle school, (6–8), and one high school (9–12), with two campuses, in Logan. There is also a charter high school in Logan and one alternative high school in Logan for the Cache County School District. The Cache District has two regular high schools outside Logan in other cities.
Edith Bowen Laboratory School, on the campus of Utah State University, providess an alternative educational opportunity for children.
Thomas Edison Charter School, which has campuses in North Logan and Nibley, is a public school for grades K-8 offering an academic stimulated curriculum. There are also a number of small private schools in Logan.
InTech Collegiate High School
InTech Collegiate High School
InTech Collegiate High School, is located in North Logan, Utah, and is a public charter high school that main focus is on Math, Science and Engineering. It currently serves and enrolls students that are in the 9th through 12th grades in Utah's Cache, Box Elder, and Rich counties with a capacity of...
is a public charter school at the Innovation Campus of Utah State University, just outside of Logan. It offers an early college program and a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)-focused curriculum for grades 9–12.
Bridgerland Applied Technology College
Bridgerland Applied Technology College
Bridgerland Applied Technology College is a post-secondary educational institution located in Logan, Utah. It is a campus of the Utah College of Applied Technology system, and provides several courses designed to train students interested in a particular career field...
provides classes in business, dental technology, design and construction, fashion and hospitality, health science, information technology, manufacturing, nutrition and food, public safety, and transportation.
Logan is the home of Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
, a Land-Grant University
Land-grant university
Land-grant universities are institutions of higher education in the United States designated by each state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890....
that is classified by Carnegie Foundation
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an act of the United States Congress, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is an independent policy and research center, whose primary activities of research and writing have resulted in published reports on every level...
as a Doctoral/Research University Extensive, offering bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
s, master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
s, and doctoral degrees
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
in several fields.
Logan was home to the Brigham Young College
Brigham Young College
Brigham Young College was a college and high school in Logan, Utah. It was founded by Brigham Young on 6 August 1877, 23 days before he died. He deeded several acres of land to a board of trustees for the development of a college. This was just two years after he founded Brigham Young Academy in...
, a college run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1878 to 1926. Its library and its papers were given to the Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
when it ceased operating.
Arts and culture
Utah Festival Opera
The Utah Festival Opera is an opera company based in Logan, Utah. The company performs four fully staged works with orchestra in repertory every July and August at the Ellen Eccles Theatre on Logan's Main Street...
, which hosts a number of performances through the year. The Ellen Eccles Theatre
Ellen Eccles Theatre
The Ellen Eccles Theatre was built in 1923 on Logan, Utah's Main Street. Then known as the Capitol Theatre, it was a home originally to vaudeville and opera. As vaudeville died out, it became used primarily for community events, and increasingly, movies...
shows concerts, community theater, ballet, and classic movies, and it also hosts national touring companies. The Alliance for the Varied Arts hosts numerous "Gallery Walk" events throughout the year in which participating businesses in historic downtown Logan feature different art, music, and food throughout their space. The Summerfest Arts Faire, held annually at the Logan Tabernacle grounds on Father's Day Weekend, celebrates the arts through a fine art/fine craft festival with music, food and children's activities.
Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
hosts many artistic and cultural events, including traveling art galleries, symphony performances, plays and public lectures.
Logan hosts a farmers' market
Farmers' market
A farmers' market consists of individual vendors—mostly farmers—who set up booths, tables or stands, outdoors or indoors, to sell produce, meat products, fruits and sometimes prepared foods and beverages...
every Saturday from May thru October. Named one of America's best farmers' markets in 2009, the "Cache Valley Gardeners' Market" is located at Merlin Olsen
Merlin Olsen
Merlin Jay Olsen was an American football player in the National Football League, NFL commentator, and actor. He played his entire 15-year career with the Los Angeles Rams and was elected to the Pro Bowl in 14 of those seasons, a current record shared with Bruce Matthews...
Park. Over twenty years old, the market is known as a gathering place for the sale of fresh, local produce
Produce
Produce is a generalized term for a group of farm-produced goods and, not limited to fruits and vegetables . More specifically, the term "produce" often implies that the products are fresh and generally in the same state as where they were harvested. In supermarkets the term is also used to refer...
, coffee, artisan breads, eggs, homecrafted gift items, art, children's activities and also for weekly concerts.
Parks and recreation
Logan Canyon
Logan Canyon
Logan Canyon is a canyon that cuts its way through the Bear River Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range, in northeastern Utah. The canyon is popular for both summer and winter activities, especially rock-climbing, hiking, camping, fishing, snowmobiling, and skiing, at the Beaver Mountain ski...
has numerous hiking
Hiking
Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain. People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking...
and camping
Camping
Camping is an outdoor recreational activity. The participants leave urban areas, their home region, or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or several nights outdoors, usually at a campsite. Camping may involve the use of a tent, caravan, motorhome, cabin, a primitive structure, or no...
areas, and its scenic First, Second, and Third Dams provide popular gathering spots for picnics and fishing. Tony Grove Lake
Tony Grove Lake
Tony Grove Lake is an area situated on the Logan Canyon Scenic Byway. A seven-mile paved road climbs to a height of to reach Tony Grove Lake and the Mount Naomi Wilderness area....
is 25 miles east, at 8,050 feet elevation, with fishing, canoeing, camping and high-elevation hiking. Logan Canyon provides rock-climbing, snowmobiling, hunting
Hunting
Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...
, and skiing
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
.
The Willow Park Zoo is a small zoo
Zoo
A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....
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
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
courses, the Logan River Golf Course and the Logan Golf and Country Club. There are other golf courses 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).
Media
Logan is home to The Herald JournalHerald Journal
The Herald Journal is a daily newspaper in Logan, Utah, United States, which is published seven mornings a week and serves the Cache Valley area of Northern Utah and Southeastern Idaho which includes Cache County, Utah and Franklin County, Idaho. It is owned by Pioneer Newspapers.The Herald Journal...
, a daily newspaper, and The Cache Valley Daily, a news site operated by KVNU
KVNU
KVNU is a news talk radio station in Logan, Utah, USA. The call letters stand for "the Voice of Northern Utah". The station was started in 1938 by Reed Bullen, who owned the station until 1996 when it was sold to the Cache Valley Radio Group...
610 AM / 102.1 FM and the Cache Valley Radio Group. Both news outlets cover the Logan and Cache Valley
Cache Valley
The Cache Valley is an agricultural valley of northern Utah and southeast Idaho that includes the Logan metropolitan area. The valley was used by 19th century mountain men and was the site of the 1863 Bear River Massacre.-History:...
area. Many Logan residents also subscribe to the Salt Lake City-based Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News, both of which cover Cache Valley happenings to some degree.
Northern Utah Media Group and KUTA-TV 8 own and operate multiple news television stations and the largest information website chain within the area. KUTA-TV 8 has coverage on digital 8.1, USU cable channel 61, and Comcast channel 118. Northern Utah Media Group owns and operates over 150 websites covering the Cache Valley and Northern Utah area. Each website contains many years' worth of video archives of local miscellaneous community events, government meetings, USU athletics, high school sports events, performances and news broadcasts.
The Valley Channel is a local television station which provides community-oriented programs, news talk shows, and coverage of local high school sporting events and Utah State University hockey. For primary television network affiliates, Logan is considered part of the Salt Lake City media market.
Utah Public Radio (UPR) is located on the Logan campus of Utah State University and a part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Serving the whole state of Utah, they have 32 translators and four full-power stations with broadcasts from Soda Springs, Idaho to St. George. Utah Public Radio is a member of National Public Radio (NPR) and an affiliate of Public Radio International (PRI) and of American Public Media (APM). They hold membership in Western States Public Radio, The Rocky Mountain Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Radio Resources Consortium, The Development Exchange, the National Translator Association, and the Public Radio Association of Development Officers (PRADO). UPR receives programming from several independent program producers, including The Beethoven Satellite Network
Peter Van de Graaff
Peter Van de Graaff is an American musician. He is best known as the host of the Beethoven Satellite Network overnight classical music service, which is carried over approximately 150 radio stations nationwide.-Biography:...
, provider of around-the-clock classical music.
The Cache Valley Radio Group includes several radio stations, such as KVNU
KVNU
KVNU is a news talk radio station in Logan, Utah, USA. The call letters stand for "the Voice of Northern Utah". The station was started in 1938 by Reed Bullen, who owned the station until 1996 when it was sold to the Cache Valley Radio Group...
610 AM / 102.1 FM with local news and talk programs, Utah State Aggies and Logan High School sports, 92.9 FM KBLQ with soft rock, 94.5 FM KVFX
KVFX
KVFX, also known as VFX, is a Top 40 radio station broadcasting in the Logan- Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah metropolitan area. It is owned by the Sun Valley Radio, Inc. KVFX-FM also broadcasts via translator in Salt Lake City, at 98.3 and Trementon at 98.3 MHz...
with Top 40, 95.9 FM KLZX with classic rock, 96.7 FM KKEX with country, 103.9 KGNT with oldies, and 1390 AM / 103.3 FM KLGN. Utah State University also runs its own radio station (KUSU-FM
KUSU-FM
-External links:*...
), an affiliate of National Public Radio.
Economy
Logan has a wide diversity of economic sectors with a focus on education, manufacturing and processing, medical services, agriculture, and retail businesses. The city's largest employer is Utah State UniversityUtah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
, with other major employers including Icon Health & Fitness
ICON Health & Fitness
ICON Health and Fitness, Inc. is an exercise equipment manufacturer and marketer based in Logan, Utah, United States.-Company overview:ICON Health and Fitness is the world’s largest manufacturer of exercise equipment. The privately held company employs about 2500 people in 9 locations, including...
, Cache County School District, Logan Regional Hospital, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Gossner Foods
Gossner Foods
Gossner Foods is one of the largest cheese manufacturers in the United States, and is based in Logan, Utah.-Overview:Gossner Foods specializes in producing varieties of Swiss cheese, but makes 30 types of cheese all together....
, and Schreiber Foods
Schreiber Foods
Schreiber Foods Inc., is a dairy company which produces and distributes cheese, process cheese, cream cheese and yogurt It is an employee-owned customer brand dairy company headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin...
.
Headquartered in Logan
- Utah State UniversityUtah State UniversityUtah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
– Doctoral land-grant university with high research activity. - Harris Research Inc. – Muilt-Brand Franchisor: Chem-Dry (carpet cleaning), N-Hance (wood renewal). Franchising in over 45 countries.
- ICON Health & FitnessICON Health & FitnessICON Health and Fitness, Inc. is an exercise equipment manufacturer and marketer based in Logan, Utah, United States.-Company overview:ICON Health and Fitness is the world’s largest manufacturer of exercise equipment. The privately held company employs about 2500 people in 9 locations, including...
– Touted as the world's largest developer, manufacturer, and marketer of fitness equipment. 9th largest private company in Utah. - Campbell Scientific – scientific instrumentation.
- L.W. Miller Transportation Inc. – Transportation. 55th largest private employer in Utah.
- Cache Valley Electric – 48th largest private company in Utah.
- ConService – a utility billing company. Part of Fortune's 2009 INC 5000.
- New Dawn Technologies- Software Development Company. Part of Fortune's 2009 INC 5000.
- Caffe Ibis – a coffee roasting company founded in and headquartered in Logan.
- Hogi YogiHogi YogiHogi Yogi is a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in submarine sandwiches and frozen yogurt . A subsidiary of HYATS LLC with sister brands Teriyaki Stix and Yoasis, there are approximately 70 locations throughout Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, and California.The chain was founded in 1989 by...
– a fast-food restaurant chain. Founded in Logan. - S&S PowerS&S PowerS&S Worldwide is a company known for its pneumatically powered amusement rides and roller coaster designing.-History:S&S Worldwide was founded by Stan Checketts as S&S Sports, Inc. S&S Sports manufactures bungee jumping and trampoline equipment. S&S Sports was sold in 1996...
– an amusement park ride manufacturer. - Gossner FoodsGossner FoodsGossner Foods is one of the largest cheese manufacturers in the United States, and is based in Logan, Utah.-Overview:Gossner Foods specializes in producing varieties of Swiss cheese, but makes 30 types of cheese all together....
– Dairy product manufacturer and producer. - Utah Festival OperaUtah Festival OperaThe Utah Festival Opera is an opera company based in Logan, Utah. The company performs four fully staged works with orchestra in repertory every July and August at the Ellen Eccles Theatre on Logan's Main Street...
– founded and headquartered in Logan. - Utah Data Recovery, a full clean-room data recovery lab. Recovering data from failed hard drives throughout Utah and providing computer forensics services for law enforcement and civil litigation, headquartered in Logan.
- Cache Valley Brewing CompanyCache Valley Brewing CompanyCache Valley Brewing Company is a brewery that was located in downtown Logan, Utah from 1888 to 1912. -History:In 1886 Jacob Theurer built a brewery called Jake's which was renamed Cache Valley Brewing Company in 1888...
- Wasatch Property Management – a real estate and property management company with assets and developments around the Mountain West
- Apogee Instruments, Inc.- Scientific instrumentation for measuring global climate change, improving sustainable food production, and developing renewable energy resources.
- IfrogzIFrogziFrogz is a Utah-based manufacturer of brand-driven Apple digital audio accessories, with an emphasis on phone cases. A subsidiary of Reminderband, Inc., iFrogz launched its line of iPod cases in March 2006 and has since produced a variety of other media accessories such as iPhone cases,...
- Global Headquarters in Logan, UT. Specialize in cases for Apple products and headphones.
Other
- Thermo Fisher ScientificThermo Fisher ScientificThermo Fisher Scientific is a large life sciences supply company that was created in 2006 by the merger of Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific.-Predecessors and merger:...
– Formerly HyClone. Sera, Nutrients and Single-Use Bioprocessing Products and Services. - RR Donnelley – Formerly Moore Wallace. Mass printing and manufacturing services.
Transportation
U.S. Highways US-89 and US-91 enter Logan from the southwest a a combined highway, and then separate in downtown Logan. US-91 goes north into IdahoIdaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
and US-89 goes east into Logan Canyon, and thence to Bear Lake. The Logan Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area is one of the few Metropolitan Statistical Areas in Utah not connected via an interstate highway (Interstate 15
Interstate 15
Interstate 15 is the fourth-longest north–south Interstate Highway in the United States, traveling through the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Montana from San Diego to the Canadian border...
), and one of the few its size not connected to any interstate anywhere.
Logan is served by a local sales-tax-funded zero-fare bus system called 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 of Logan began with the formation of CVTD in 2001. Currently, system consists of 11 routes that serve Logan and the adjacent cities of North Logan
North Logan, Utah
North Logan is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 8,269 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area...
and River Heights
River Heights, Utah
River Heights is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,734 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:River Heights is located at ....
. There is also a northern route that reaches north to Richmond
Richmond, Utah
Richmond is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,470 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area. Part of the film Napoleon Dynamite was filmed at Richmond. Richmond is home to three schools. An Elementary school, a middle...
, and a southern route that serves the southern suburbs and Hyrum
Hyrum, Utah
As of the census of 2000, there are 6,316 people, 1,683 households, and 1,497 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,617.2 people per square mile . There are 1,744 housing units at an average density of 446.5 per square mile...
. There is also a four-time daily connection to Lewiston
Lewiston, Utah
Lewiston is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,766 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Lewiston is located at ....
and Preston, Idaho
Preston, Idaho
Preston is a city in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. The population was 4,682 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Franklin County. It is part of the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
.
There is a public general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
airport at Logan, the Logan-Cache Airport
Logan-Cache Airport
Logan-Cache Airport is a public airport located three miles northwest of the city of Logan in Cache County, Utah, USA. The Logan-Cache Airport is currently a General Aviation Airport and is governed by the Logan-Cache Airport Authority formed by Inter-local Agreement between Cache County and...
(with IATA code LGU), but it has no scheduled airline services at this time. However, Logan is within ready driving distance or shuttle ride of Salt Lake City International Airport
Salt Lake City International Airport
Salt Lake City International Airport is a major public airport in Utah. A joint civil-military facility, it is located in western Salt Lake City, approximately four miles from the central business district...
.
Special events
Logan hosts the annual "Cache Valley Cruise-In", Utah's largest automotive event, with a three-day exhibit of special cars and vehicles, concerts, and other activities. Events conclude with a car parade on Main Street.Recognition
- CNN Money magazine ranked Logan third on its list of Best Places to Retire Young in 2007.
- In 2006 ForbesForbesForbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
listed Logan 10th on its list of Best Small Places For Business & Careers
- The Monday Report listed Logan as the most walkable community in Utah in a 2009 study.
- In 2010 The Daily BeastThe Daily BeastThe Daily Beast is an American news reporting and opinion website founded and published by Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker as well as the short-lived Talk Magazine. The Daily Beast was launched on October 6, 2008, and is owned by IAC...
ranked Logan the #1 city in America to be a kid on Christmas.
External links
- The City of Logan, Utah Web Site
- Logan Transit District
- Cache Valley Tourism Council
- the Logan Utah online resource
- Outdoor Information for Logan Utah
- Sperling's BestPlace – Logan, Utah – statistical data and resident's reviews in Logan, Utah