Logansport, Indiana Logansport, Indiana Buildings on Broadway in Logansport Buildings on Broadway in Logansport Location in the state of Indiana Location in the state of Indiana State Indiana Logansport is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Cass County, Indiana, United States. The populace was 18,396 at the 2010 census.
Logansport is positioned in northern Indiana at the junction of the Wabash and Eel rivers, northeast of Lafayette.
9 Previous and current mayors of Logansport Logansport was settled about 1826 and titled for a half Shawnee soldier titled James Renick-Logan, better known as "Captain Logan" who served as a scout for U.S.
Logansport is home to a refurbished Dentzel Carousel. Of many carousels assembled by the Dentzel Carousel Company, the refurbished Dentzel Carousel is "one of the three earliest Dentzel menagerie carousels that are virtually intact". The carousel resides in Riverside Park on the banks of the Eel River.
Riders may attempt to grab a brass ring while riding, this carousel game serves as the current basis for the small-town economic-development slogan "Logansport Cass County: Grab the brass ring".
The Carousel is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a nationwide landmark. Also listed on the National Register of Historic Places are the Bankers Row Historic District, Courthouse Historic District, Ferguson House, Jerolaman-Long House, John Keip House, Kendrick-Baldwin House, Willard B.
Logansport Community High School is the home of the earliest known high school mascot in Indiana, Felix the Cat. Three competing legends claim to tell its origin story, however all accounts agree that at some point between 1925 and 1926, Felix the Cat was brought into the high school's tradition. Logansport also has a diverse transit history.
The Wabash and Erie Canal reached Logansport in 1837, contributing the "port" to Logansport's name, as in "Logan's port".
The Historic Michigan Road runs through Logansport.
It runs from Madison, Indiana (South), to Michigan City, Indiana (North).There are many different names for the road, including Michigan Road, State Road 29, and US 421.
Also a several different passenger and freight train routes also served Logansport.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Ladies Auxiliary held its 1935 convention in Logansport.
Logansport still has two active barns s and a switch yard, as well as a small refurbished depot downtown, although the much larger Pan Handle Depot was completed in 1962.
Early in the 20th century, Logansport was home to the pioneering brass era automobile business Rutenber that had been based previously in Chicago and that retitled itself the Western Motor Company when it moved to Logansport.
In 2009, Logansport was designated a Preserve America Community.
This designation was bestowed upon Logansport by former First Lady Laura Bush, as one of her last unofficial duties before leaving the White House.
Logan's Landing is a nonprofit economic evolution organization that focuses on the downtown of Logansport between the junction of the southernmost end of the Eel River as it joins the Wabash River.
The City of Logansport Economic Development Organization is another nonprofit economic evolution organization that focuses on evolution outside of the downtown area, such as industrialized parks, available commercial buildings other than downtown buildings, and other available undeveloped land.
The Logansport Cass County Chamber of Commerce is a forum for small-town business leadership, as an interface between businesses and the small-town community.
Logansport is home to the Mc - Hale Performing Arts Center, adjoining to Logansport High School.
As a fine facility and technically one of the best equipped auditoriums in the state, Mc - Hale PAC plays host to the annual Winter Fantasy Production, as sponsored by a union of the organizations in the Logansport High School Performing Arts Department.
As a undivided facility for the performing arts, Loganport's Mc - Hale is comparable to similar-sized venues in similar-sized suburbs and metros/cities throughout the Great Lakes region, such as the Honeywell Center in Wabash, Indiana, The Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater, Michigan, The Croswell Opera House in Adrian, Michigan, The Opera House of Sandwich in Sandwich, Illinois, The Round Barn Theatre in Nappanee, Indiana, and the Williams Theatre on the ground of IPFW in Fort Wayne.
Logansport also has the earliest art organization in Indiana.
The Logansport Art Association (LAA) was established in February 1911.
What began as a Neighborhood Art Club in 1894, is now an art center that offers art classes, show opportunities, art supplies, and special affairs.
This includes the Black & White Show in February, Youth Art Shows in March and April, Fine Arts Show in May and June, a Photography Competition in October, and their Members Invitational in November.
Logansport hosts an annual arts festival Art on the Avenue, every September, which is the biggest art festival in the region.
Little Turtle Waterway is an architect-designed enhance space and trail fitness along the Wabash River in downtown Logansport.
Logansport also hosts the annual Med Flory Jazz Festival every spring in downtown Logansport.
Med Flory is a well-known jazz musician and actor from Logansport.
Until recent years, to honor its barns history, Logansport held its annual Iron Horse Festival.
Other annual celebrations in Logansport include: The Med Flory Jazz and Blues Fest, held in July presented by the Cass County Arts Alliance the Taste Of Cass County held every August in downtown Logansport presented by Logan's Landing Art of and Avenue is held the 2nd Saturday of September presented by the Cass County Arts Alliance Light up Logansport & Downtown Christmas Open House, held the Friday evening after Thanksgiving to usher in the Christmas season Logansport Community School Corporation serves the town/city of Logansport and encircling area.
Logansport High School Even with also having Felix the Cat as their official mascot (which is considered as Indiana's earliest recognized mascot) and de facto logo throughout academic and athletic programs, the moniker of Logansport High School's athletic squads is the Loganberries, which is a pun regarding on the city's name vis a vis the loganberry hybrid of a blackberry and a red raspberry.
The basketball gymnasium at Logansport High School furthers the pun by being officially titled the Berry Bowl.
Logansport is positioned at 40 45 13 N 86 21 38 W (40.753478, -86.360485). According to the 2010 census, Logansport has a total region of 8.972 square miles (23.24 km2), of which 8.75 square miles (22.66 km2) (or 97.53%) is territory and 0.222 square miles (0.57 km2) (or 2.47%) is water. The farmland to the south is generally flat, but there are some shallow hills to the north and east of Logansport that form a ridge through northern Cass and Miami counties.
There were 6,877 homeholds of which 34.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.6% were married couples living together, 15.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.9% were non-families.
32.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
27.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26% were from 25 to 44; 22.8% were from 45 to 64; and 13.9% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 7,604 homeholds out of which 30.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.8% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families.
31.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 6.4% of families and 10.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 14.4% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.
According to the website "Indiana's Technology Corridor" the biggest employers in the Logansport/Cass County region are: 2 Logansport Community School Corp Education 828 4 Logansport State Hospital Psychiatric Healthcare 622 Landis and Frederick Landis, a federal judge and first Commissioner of Baseball, interval up in Logansport, where at 17 he played on and managed the Logansport High School baseball team Landis, brother of Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Frederick Landis, editor of Logansport Journal (1883-1887), U.S.
Representative from Indiana (1903-1907), organizer of the Progressive Party (United States, 1912). a b "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1".
History of Cass County Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time.
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Spencer Park Dentzel Carousel (1919-1962) / Riverside Park Dentzel Carousel (1962-date); Logansport Carousel" (pdf).
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Indiana's Technology Corridor, Logansport Railroad History Timeline City of Logansport, Indiana website Logansport Cass County Economic Development Foundation Logansport Cass County Chamber of Commerce History of Logansport State Hospital County seats of Indiana Municipalities and communities of Cass County, Indiana, United States
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