ZIP Code 46947

Logansport was settled circa 1826 and named after a Shawnee warrior named James Logan, better known as "Captain Logan," who served as a scout for U.S. forces in the surrounding area during the War of 1812. Logansport still has two active railroads and a switch yard, as well as a small refurbished depot downtown, although the much larger Pan Handle Depot was demolished in 1962. The city is home to the oldest known high school mascot in Indiana, the animated Felix the Cat. The Historic Michigan Road was one of the first roads in Indiana and runs from Madison, Indiana (South) to Michigan City (North) The city was designated a Preserve America Community in 2009 by former First Lady Laura Bush, as one of her last unofficial duties before leaving the White House. The City of Logansports is a nonprofit economic development organization that focuses on downtown area development outside of the downtown area, such as industrial buildings, parks, and other undeveloped land. The town is located at the junction of the Wabash and Eel rivers, northwest of Kokomo. It is the county seat of Cass County, Indiana, and the population was 18,366 at the 2020 census. It has a population of 2,816. The population of the city was 2,716 at the 2010 census. The LogansPort Community High School is the home of the oldestknown high school mascots in Indiana. It also has a fine performing arts facility, the McHale Performing Arts Center, adjacent to the high school.

History

Logansport was settled circa 1826 and named after a Shawnee warrior named James Logan, better known as "Captain Logan," who served as a scout for U.S. forces in the surrounding area during the War of 1812. Logansport Community High School is the home of the oldest known high school mascot in Indiana, the animated Felix the Cat. The Wabash and Erie Canal reached Logansports in 1837, contributing the port to Logans port's name, as in Logan's port. The Historic Michigan Road runs through LogansPort. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Ladies Auxiliary held its 1935 convention in Logan'sport. Early in the 20th century, Logans Port was home to the pioneering brass era automobile company Rutenber that had been based previously in Chicago and that renamed itself the Western Motor Company. The company invented the first four-cylinder automobile engine and many electric home appliances, whose modern versions are still in use today. The town still has two active railroads and a switch yard, as well as a small refurbished depot downtown, although the much larger Pan Handle Depot was demolished in 1962. There are many different names for the road, including Michigan Road, State Road 29, and US 421. It runs from Madison, Indiana (South), to Michigan City, Indiana (North) It was one of the first roads in Indiana. It was also the site of the Indiana State Fair, which took place in the early 1900s.

Renewal

In 2009, Logansport was designated a Preserve America Community. Former First Lady Laura Bush bestowed the designation as one of her last unofficial duties before leaving the White House. The City ofLogansport Economic Development Organization focuses on development outside of the downtown area. The Cass County Chamber of Commerce is a forum for local business leadership, as an interface between businesses and the local community. The city is located between the junction of the southernmost terminus of the Eel River as it joins the Wabash River. It is located in Cass County, which is home to the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and the College of Wooster. The town has a population of about 2,000 people, with most of its residents living in or near downtown. The community is located on the shores of the Mississippi River, which runs through the city. It also has a small lake, the Eels River, and the Wabson River. The population is about 1,200. It has an estimated population of 2,200 people, or 1.5 percent of the city's population. The area has a low unemployment rate of about 1.7 percent. The average household income is about $30,000. The local unemployment rate is about 2.8 percent, or 0.7% of the town's total population. In the city, the average income is around $25,000, or about 0.8% of its total population of 1,500 people.

Community events

Logansport is home to the McHale Performing Arts Center, adjacent to Logansport High School. McHale PAC plays host to the annual Winter Fantasy Production, as sponsored by a union of the organizations in the Logansports High School Per performing Arts Department. The facility also holds the rest of the department's annual events, including the LHS Tony Awards, SNL, the All School Production and various music department concerts. Out-of-town live soloists and troupes also put on several live-performance shows per year at McHale. Many of the area's festivals and events are held at Little Turtle Waterway, an architect-designed public space and trail system along the Wabash River in downtown Logan'sport. LogansPort also hosts the annual Med Flory Jazz Festival every spring in downtownlogansport. Until recent years, to honor its railroad history, Logans port held its annual Iron Horse Festival. Until many of the trains were taken out of the. area, the festival had turned into a Heritage Festival, but then eventually canceled. The city also has the oldest art organization in Indiana, founded 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 events. The LAA holds annual fine art competitions and shows that draw local and statewide artists. The town also hosts an annual arts festival Art on the Avenue, every September, which is the largest art festival in the region.

Education

Logansport Community School Corporation serves the city of Logansport and surrounding area. With an enrollment of over 4,500, the corporation utilizes 8 different buildings. The town is home to two institutions of higher learning, a regional campus of Indiana's Ivy Tech community college that offers associates, and certification, as well as a satellite campus of Trine University offering associates, bachelors, and master's degrees. The Loganberries is a pun 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 named the Berry Bowl. The city also has a public library, a branch of the Cass County Public Library. It is also home to an Indiana's oldest recognized mascot, Felix the Cat, and de facto logo throughout academic and athletic programs, the Loganberries. The Berry Bowl is connected through the school to the McHale Performing Arts Center which overlooks the adjacent courtyard and entrance hall. The town also has an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. It has a junior high and high school, both of which are located in the town's central business district. It also has two high schools, one of which is called the Century Career Center and the other is called Logansports Junior High. The community has a library, which is part of Cass County's Public Library system. It offers a variety of reading comprehension and vocabulary skills.

Geography

Logansport is located at 40°4513N 86°2138W (40.753478, -86.360485). According to the 2010 census, Logansport has a total area of 8.972 square miles (23.24 km²) Of this, 97.53% is land, and 2.47% is water. The farmland to the south is generally flat, but there are some shallow hills that form a ridge through northern Cass and Miami counties. Similar nearby ridgessuch as surrounding the nearby towns of Fowler and Goodlandhave been found suitable for multi-hundred-megawatt wind farms, such as the nearby Fowler Ridge I & II Wind Farms and Goodlands I Wind Farm. The town has a population of 1,816. It is located on the Ohio River, which runs through the town. The city is located in the eastern part of Cass County, near the border with Miami County. It has an elevation of 40.5 feet (12.7 meters) and is located near the junction of the Ohio and Ohio Turnpike. It was founded in 1883. The community is known for its large number of antique shops. It also has a number of historic homes, many of which date back to the 18th century. In the early 20th century, the town was known as "Logan's Landing" and was named after the town's founder, William Logan, who was born in 1881.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 18,396 people, 6,877 households, and 4,272 families residing in the city. There were 7,822 housing units at an average density of 893.9 per square mile (345.1/km²) The racial makeup of the city was 80.7% White, 2.3% African American, 0.8% Native American, 1.7%. Asian, 0,1% Pacific Islander, 12.3%. from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.6%. The city's median income was $33,483, and the median income for a family was $40,497. About 6.4% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.4. of those under the age of 18 and 4.8 per cent of those age 65 or over. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.26. The median age in theCity was 34.2 years. The city has a population density of 2,102.4 inhabitants per squaremile (811.7/ km²) and a population growth rate of 3.7 per cent from 2000 to 2010. The population of the City has grown from 19,684 in 2000 to 19,396 in 2010. It is the largest city in the state with a population of more than 20,000.

Employers

According to the website "Indiana's Technology Corridor" the largest employers in the Logansport/Cass County area are: Indiana University, Indiana State University, and Indiana University of Science and Technology. The largest employer in the area is Indiana University-South Bend, which has more than 1,000 employees. The area is also home to the Indiana Pacers, Indiana Fever, Indiana Pacers and Indiana Pacers hockey team, as well as the Indiana State Pacers and University of South Bend football team. The county's largest employer is Indiana State College, with over 1,100 employees, according to the "Technology Corridor" website. The biggest employer in Cass County is Indiana University of South Indiana, with about 1,200 employees, and the state's largest employers are Indiana State University and Indiana Universities and University of Saints St Loyola State. The town has a population of 3,000. The population of Cass County, Indiana, is 3,200. The city's population is 4,000, with the majority of the population living in the county's rural areas. The majority of residents live in Logansports and Cass County. It is the largest county in Indiana, with a total population of 5,000 people. It also has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state, at 6.7%. The county is home to a number of high-tech companies, including Indiana University and Indiana State Un University.

Transportation

Logansport is served by US 35, running northwest-southeast through the town. US 24's business route runs east-west through town. Indiana State Road 25 runs northeast-southwest through Logansport. The nearest airport with commercial service is Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA). The town had been a crossroads of trains of the Wabash Railroad between St. Louis and Detroit and the Pennsylvania Railroad between Chicago and Cincinnati. The last train on theWabash line was the W Abash Cannon Ball in 1971. The Penn Central ran the last Chicago-Cincinnati train through Logosport, an unnamed successor to the Buckeye night train, in 1969. ThePenn Central South Wind pooled with other companies ran south to Florida up to 1971. A day train counterpart to the Bucckeye lingered on at least another year. The town is located on the Indiana River, which runs through the center of the city. It is located near the town of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the Indiana-Illinois state line. The city has a population of 2,000. It was the site of the Battle of the Bulge, which took place in 1864. The Battle was fought between the U.S. Army and the Republic of Indiana in 1866 and 1867. The battle was won by the Republic, which was later known as the Indiana National Guard, which still occupies the town today. It has been home to the Indiana State College of Art and Design.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana = 85. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 50. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 98. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Logansport = 3.5 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 18,366 individuals with a median age of 36.7 age the population dropped by -6.10% in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,750.14 residents per square mile of area (675.73/km²). There are average 2.49 people per household in the 7,056 households with an average household income of $37,479 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 10.30% of the available work force and has dropped -6.81% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 16.08%. The number of physicians in Logansport per 100,000 population = 163.9.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Logansport = 39.2 inches and the annual snowfall = 22 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 126. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 178. 83 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 17.3 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 45, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana which are owned by the occupant = 54.61%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 66 years with median home cost = $82,370 and home appreciation of -1.32%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $9.17 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $6,440 per student. There are 12.6 students for each teacher in the school, 431 students for each Librarian and 718 students for each Counselor. 3.56% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 5.92% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 3.96% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).