Logan, Cache County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah Cache County Logan

Logan, Cache, Utah
Map
Cache County's location in the state of Utah
Facts
Founded	1859
Seat	Cache County
Address	City Hall 290 North 100 West Logan, UT 84321
Website: www.loganutah.org/
Named for: the Logan River (Utah)

This page has been adopted by the Logan Public Library.

History

Logan is the county seat of Cache County, Utah. Logan is also the central community in the Cache Valley which extends into south-eastern Idaho. The Native American population, made mostly of bands of Shoshone, have lived in the region since prehistory. The first Europeans in the area were well known early trappers such as Peter Skene Ogden and Jim Bridger who explored the Logan River and surrounding regions as early as 1825.

The first permanent European settlers were sent by Brigham Young, the great colonizer, and entered Cache Valley on July 20, 1855. These early settlers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or Mormons) which is the predominant religion to this day. Logan was first settled in April 1859 and named after the Logan River that flows through the city.

The establishment of the before mentioned church is responsible for two of the great architectural landmarks in Logan: the Logan LDS Temple and the Logan Tabernacle. Logan is also the home of Utah State University, a land-grant university founded in 1888. Old Main, another architectural landmark in Logan, is perhaps the best known structure on the campus.

The city celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2009. In 2010 the population totaled over 48,000, according to the census of that year.

Neighboring Communities

Benson, Utah | Hyde Park, Utah | Hyrum, Utah | Lewiston, Utah | Mendon, Utah | Millville, Utah | Newton, Utah | Nibley, Utah | North Logan, Utah | Providence, Utah | Richmond, Utah | River Heights, Utah | Smithfield, Utah | Wellsville, Utah

Resources

Cemetery Records

Logan City Cemetery
1000 North 1200 East
Logan, UT 84321
(435)750-9895 or mark.johnson@loganutah.org

• Cemeteries of Cache County

Cemetery Transcriptions

• Burials in Logan City Cemetery, 1862-1958. Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958.
  FHL US/CAN Film 178184 Logan Library

Check these online resources to find people who have been interred in the Logan Cemetery.

• Findagrave
• Names In Stone
• Utah Gravestone Photo Project
• Utah State History - Cemeteries and Burials Search

Mortuaries

Contacting a mortuary can give you invaluable information about the death and interment of an individual.

Allen-Hall Mortuary 34 East Center Logan, UT 84321 (435) 752-3245

Nelson Funeral Home 162 East 400 North Logan, UT 84321 (435) 753-3049

• Kenneth Linquist Mortuary Records (1913-1961)
  Logan Library Family History Library

Census Records

Indexes

Utah Population Schedule Indexes 

Images

Also available are the following digitized census records:

• Table of available census images
• 1850 US Census of Utah Territory
• 1856 Utah Territorial Census
• 1860 US Census of Utah Territory
• 1880 US Census of Utah Territory-Cache County

City Records

Logan City Hall
290 North 100 West
Logan, UT 84321
(435) 716-9002

• Logan City Council Minutes. Logan, UT: 1866-present.
  Logan Library 1866-1988 on microfilm Logan Library 1988-2008 in print Logan City 2008-current digital

Church History and Records

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)

• LDS Church History

LDS Logan Temple

• Olsen, Nolan Porter. The Logan Temple Collection, 1877-1979.
• Olsen, Nolan Porter. Logan temple : the first 100 years. Logan, UT: 1978.
  WorldCat 4845499 FHL 979.212/L1 H2o Logan Library
• Smith, Darrin. How beautiful : a pictorial history of the Logan LDS temple. Logan, UT: Herald Journal, 2011. WorldCat 767730891 Logan Library

LDS Ward Records

• Logan LDS Church Ward and Branch Records
• Embrey, Jessie E. Little Berlin: Swiss Saints of the Logan 10th Ward. Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Historical Society, 1988.
  Logan Library
• Maughan, Eldora J. Logan Eighth Ward, 1908-1967. Logan, UT: Everton Publishers, [1967].
  Logan Library
• Morrell, Ada England.One hundred years of history of the LDS Logan Second Ward, 1861 to 1961. Logan, UT: Gateway Press, 1961.
  WorldCat 9870767 FHL 979.212/L1 K2m Logan Library
• Ricks, Joel E. Logan Fifth Ward History. Logan, UT: 1950.
  Logan Library

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Presbyterian

First Presbyterian Church of Logan
178 West Center
Logan, UT 84321

• First Presbyterian Church of Logan Collection, 1920-1995
• First Presbyterian Church Papers, 1878-1990
• Hult, Christine, ed. The Presbyterian experience in Cache Valley: one-hundred thirty years of faith and service 1878 - 2008. Logan, UT: 2009.
  WorldCat 618741931 Logan Library

Lutheran

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
581 North 700 East
Logan, UT 84321
(435) 752-1453

Episcopal

St. John's Episcopal Church
85 East 100 North
Logan, UT 84321

• St. John's Episcopal Church Records, 1873-1979

Catholic

St. Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parish
725 South 250 East
Logan, UT 84321

Methodist

Trinity Methodist Church - Merged with the First Presbyterian Church in 1920.

Other

Other Churches

• Simmonds, A.J. The Gentile comes to Cache Valley. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1976.

WorldCat 2388393 Logan Library

Directories

R.L. Polk & Co. Polk City Directory for Logan, Utah. 1904-current.
WorldCat 173713693 FHL 979.212 E4L Logan Library 1904-1964 on film Logan Library 1929-current in print

Sloan, Robert W. Utah gazatteer and directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo and Salt Lake cities, for 1884. Salt Lake City, UT: Herald Print and Pub. Co., 1884.[1]

Utah Directory, 1890: Salt Lake City, Logan, and Provo ($)

Histories

Web Histories

• UTGenWeb History
  
• Utah.com History
  

General Print Histories

• Christensen, Vera A. A Place in Time : Logan, Cache, Utah. Providence, UT : Keith W. Watkins and Sons, 1989.
  WorldCat 20366949 FHL 979.2 A1 no. 72 Logan Library
  
• Godfrey, Kenneth W. Logan, Utah : a one hundred fifty year history. Exemplar Press, 2010.
  WorldCat 682188735 Logan Library
  
• Hovey, M.R.A history of Cache County : as printed in Logan Journal beginning August 4th, 1923.
  Logan Library (digital copy)
  
• Peterson, F. Ross.A history of Cache County. Salt Lake City, UT : Utah State Historical Society, 1997.
  WorldCat 37310208 FHL 979.212 H2p Logan Library
  
• Ricks, Joel E. The history of a valley : Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho. Logan, Utah : Cache Valley Centennial Commission, 1956.
  WorldCat 4795309 FHL 979 H2hv Logan Library
  
• Simmonds, A.J.In 'God's Lap' : Cache Valley history as told in the newspaper columns of A.J. Simmonds. Canada : Pediment Publishing, 2004.
  WorldCat 56931720 Logan Library
  
• Somers, Ray. History of Logan. Logan, UT : Somers Historical Press, 1993. Volumes 1 and 2.
  WorldCat 29883046 FHL 979.212/L1 H2s Logan Library
  

Family Histories and Diaries

• Cache Valley Diaries Collection
  

Pictorial Print Histories

• A Cache legacy : A Photo History of Cache Valley. Logan, UT : The Herald Journal, 2003.
  WorldCat 53466171 Logan Library
  
• Cache Treasures : A Photo History of Cache Valley. Logan, UT : The Herald Journal, 2001.
  WorldCat 46990229 Logan Library
  
• Smith, Darrin. How beautiful : a pictorial history of the Logan LDS temple. Logan, UT: Herald Journal, 2011.
  WorldCat 767730891 Logan Library
• Smith, Darrin. Logan Reflections : Photographs Then, Now and in Between. Logan, UT : The Herald Journal, 2009.
  WorldCat 430840322 Logan Library
  

Land and Property

Historical Overview

The recording of land on a local level began in 1885. Records back to that year are available by contacting the Cache County Recorder. Records before 1885 should have been recorded in a US federal land office; however, there was no federal land office in Utah until 1869. Records from about 1869 to 1885 and possibly earlier are housed in the National Archives, the closest branch of which is in Denver, Colorado.

• Cache County Assessment Rolls, 1869-1893.
  Family History Library
• Cache County Inheritance Tax Records, 1905-1966
  Logan Library Family History Library
  
• Cache County Land Deed Records (Vols 1-21), 1892-1920 (incomplete database)
• Cache County Probate Records, 1860-1965
  Logan Library Family History Library

Maps

Bird's-Eye View

• 1875 Bird-Eye View

Plat

• Cache County Township Plat Book

Sanborn Fire Insurance

The University of Utah has digitized all known Sanborn Maps for Logan. Hard copies are also available at the Logan Public Library.

• 1885
• 1890
• 1900
• 1930
• 1955

Topographic

• Cache County, Utah - 1931
• Utah Geological Survey

Other

• 1874 Map of Logan Townsite
  Logan Library
• 1891 Surveyor's Map of Logan
• Cache County, Utah 1895
• Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries for Utah
• Old Maps Online.org
• Utah Idaho Central Railroad Google Map

Military

• James H. Martineau, The Military History of Cache County. Tullidges Quarterly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1 (April, 1882): 122-131.
• Mormon Battalion Veterans - brief sketches
• Utah, Cache County Records, 1861-1955 (Includes records of soldier discharges) 

Newspapers

Titles

• The Cache American (1931-1947?)
  WorldCat 12004830 Logan Library
  
• The Herald Journal (1931-present)
  WorldCat 12546157 Logan Library
  
• The Logan Nation (1890-1904)
  WorldCat 12546213 Logan Library
  
• The Logan Republican (1902-1924)
  WorldCat 12654497 Library of Congress
  
• The Journal (1892-1931)
  WorldCat 12546181 Family History Library (1892-1898) Logan Library (1892-1931)
  
• The Logan Journal (1888-1891)
  WorldCat 12487014 Family History Library (1889-1891) Logan Library (1889-1891)
  
• The Utah Journal (1882-1889)
  WorldCat 12487003 Family History Library (1889) Logan Library (1885-1886, 1889)
  
• The Logan Leader (1879-1882)
  WorldCat 12546211 Family History Library (1879-1880) Logan Library (1879-1880)
  

Digital Papers

• Utah Logan Journal (mixed titles), 1879-1898
• Logan Republican, 1902-1921
• Cache American, 1931-1947
• Herald Journal, 1951-1952     (more scanned on demand by the Logan Library staff)

Abstracts

• Logan, Utah Vital Statistics (1861 - 1939) newspaper clippings with births, deaths, etc.)

Obituaries

The local history librarian at the Logan Library is happy to look up an obituary for you in most of the above newspaper titles. (Tip : Indexing of these papers is limited so give the librarian as much information as you can to make the search more fruitful.)

Railroad History

UtahRails.net

• Utah Northern Railroad (1871-1878)
• Utah Northern
• Utah & Northern Railway (1878-1889)
• Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway (1889-1897)
• Oregon Short Line Railroad (1897-1936)

School Records

Brigham Young College

• Brigham Young College Records, 1877-1926

Logan City Schools

• Logan City School District records, 1872-1951
  
• Amphion Annual, Logan, UT: Logan High School, 1924-present.
  Logan Library(most issues)

Utah State University

• The Buzzer Annual. Logan, UT: Utah State University, 1909-1971.

Societies, Museums and Libraries

Archives

Utah State Archives and Records Service
300 South Rio Grande Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801) 533-3535

Utah State University Special Collections and Archives
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322
(435) 797-2663

Digital Libraries

• BYU Idaho Special Collection & Family History
• Cache County GenWeb
• J. Williard Marriot Library - Digital Collections
• Logan Library Special Collections - Digital Projects
• Mountain West Digital Library
• Utah State Archives and Record Service - Digital Archives
• Utah Division of State History - Online Collections
• Utah State University Digital Initiatives

Libraries

Logan Public Library (Family History Library Affiliate)
255 North Main
Logan, UT 84321
(435)716-9143

Logan Utah FamilySearch Library
50 North Main (rear basement)
Logan, UT 84321
(435) 755-5594

Message Boards

• Cache County Message Board
• Cache Family History Center List (UT-CACHE-FHC)
  

Museums

Cache County Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum
160 North Main
Logan, UT 84321

Societies and Groups

• Cache Valley Historical Society
• Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
• Sons of the Utah Pioneers - Temple Fork Chapter

Vital Records

While white permanent settlers began to enter Cache Valley in 1856, Logan was founded in 1859 and incorporated in 1866. Vital records from that time period until public records were kept may be found in alternative sources: newspapers, church records, family records, cemetery records, etc.

General Utah

Utah Vital Records

• Utah, Births and Christenings, 1892-1941 (index only)
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904-1961 (included some scanned death certificates)
• Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946(index only)
• Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966 (index only)
• Western States Marriage Index
  

Logan Births and Deaths

Reliable birth and death records in Logan begin in 1898. In that year the Cache County Clerk began to keep a vital record register or ledger. This practice continued until 1905 when a state-wide registration of both births and deaths began.

• Cache County Clerk. Birth and Death Records, 1898-1905. Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966.
  <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/277526?availability=Family%20History%20Library">Family History Library</a> <a href="http://library.loganutah.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/0/57/5/3?searchdata1=271033{CKEY}&searchfield1=GENERAL^SUBJECT^GENERAL^^&user_id=WEBSERVER">Logan Library</a> Utah State Archives [call number Series 83781]
  
• <a href="https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE105955">Logan, Utah Vital Statistics (1861 - 1939)</a> newspaper clippings with births, deaths, etc.)

Logan Marriages

Marriage was seen as a religious ordinance early in the history of Cache County. With the passage of the Edmund’s-Tucker Act, federal regulators outlawed polygamy, a common practice among pioneer members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons). The act also mandated a territorial registration of marriages which began in 1887.

• Cache County Clerk. Marriage Records, 1887-1966. Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966.
  <a href="https://familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F56950&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D">Family History Library</a> <a href="http://library.loganutah.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/0/57/5/3?searchdata1=272444{CKEY}&searchfield1=GENERAL^SUBJECT^GENERAL^^&user_id=WEBSERVER">Logan Library </a>

Earlier records of LDS marriages for persons living in Logan may exist in church temple registers. These registers are held in the <a href="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Church_History_Library">Church History Library</a>.