Logan County, Oklahoma
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Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | www |
Logan County is a
Logan County is part of the Oklahoma City, OK metropolitan statistical area. Guthrie served as the capital of Oklahoma Territory from 1890 until 1907 and of the state of Oklahoma from 1907 until 1910.
History
Following the Oklahoma Organic Act of 1890, which established the Oklahoma Territory, Logan County was designated as County One, of the six counties created out of Unassigned Lands. The town of Guthrie was designated as the county seat and the capital of Oklahoma Territory. The county was named on August 5, 1890, for U. S. Senator, John A. Logan, of Illinois.[3][4]
The land in what became Logan County had been settled during the 1820s and 1830s by the
As part of the treaties, the US reduced the lands of these tribes, designating certain areas as Unassigned Lands. This 2 million-acre area was reserved for years after the war as potential reservation lands for the Plains tribes, who were mostly settled in other areas. Congress passed a law in 1889, after the
The three easternmost townships were added to the county in 1891, after areas of the
Before 1889, the Kansas Southern Railway (later the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway) had built a line from the Kansas-Oklahoma border to Purcell in Indian Territory. Stations built in the present Logan County were Beaver Creek (now Mulhall, Oklahoma) and Deer Creek (now Guthrie). After the land run, Guthrie, Oklahoma developed into a center of trade for the county and region, connected by railroads to other markets.
The
Geography
According to the
Major highways
- Interstate 35
- U.S. Highway 77
- State Highway 33
- State Highway 51
- State Highway 74
- State Highway 74C
- State Highway 105
Adjacent counties
- Garfield County (north)
- Noble County (north)
- Payne County (northeast)
- Lincoln County (east)
- Oklahoma County (south)
- Kingfisher County (west)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1900 | 26,563 | — | |
1910 | 31,740 | 19.5% | |
1920 | 27,550 | −13.2% | |
1930 | 27,761 | 0.8% | |
1940 | 25,245 | −9.1% | |
1950 | 22,170 | −12.2% | |
1960 | 18,662 | −15.8% | |
1970 | 19,645 | 5.3% | |
1980 | 26,881 | 36.8% | |
1990 | 29,011 | 7.9% | |
2000 | 33,924 | 16.9% | |
2010 | 41,848 | 23.4% | |
2020 | 49,555 | 18.4% | |
2021 (est.) | 50,885 | [8] | 2.7% |
U.S. Decennial Census[9] 1790-1960[10] 1900-1990[11] 1990-2000[12] 2010[13] |
As of the
As of 2000, there were 12,389 households, out of which 33.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.04. In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.5% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.90 males.
As of 2000, the median income for a household in the county was $36,784, and the median income for a family was $44,340. Males had a median income of $31,345 versus $22,677 for females. The
Politics
Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of June 30, 2023[15] | |||||
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Party | Number of Voters | Percentage | |||
Democratic | 6,248 | 19.95% | |||
Republican | 19,466 | 62.16% | |||
Unaffiliated | 5,601 | 17.89% | |||
Total | 31,315 | 100% |
Logan County is a reliably Republican county. Since 1960, it has only supported the Democratic presidential nominee twice; in 1964, when it backed Lyndon B. Johnson by a 53-47% margin, and in 1976, when it narrowly backed Jimmy Carter by a 50-48% margin. Barack Obama barely received a quarter of the county's vote in 2012, a poorer showing than that of even George McGovern in 1972. No Democratic candidate for governor has carried the county since Brad Henry in 2006, or for U.S. Senate since David Boren in 1990.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 15,608 | 72.35% | 5,455 | 25.29% | 511 | 2.37% |
2016 | 13,633 | 71.83% | 4,248 | 22.38% | 1,098 | 5.79% |
2012 | 12,314 | 72.27% | 4,724 | 27.73% | 0 | 0.00% |
2008 | 12,556 | 68.71% | 5,717 | 31.29% | 0 | 0.00% |
2004 | 11,474 | 70.21% | 4,869 | 29.79% | 0 | 0.00% |
2000 | 8,187 | 63.61% | 4,510 | 35.04% | 173 | 1.34% |
1996 | 5,949 | 48.46% | 4,854 | 39.54% | 1,474 | 12.01% |
1992 | 6,071 | 43.97% | 4,453 | 32.25% | 3,282 | 23.77% |
1988 | 6,947 | 59.36% | 4,603 | 39.33% | 154 | 1.32% |
1984 | 8,356 | 69.76% | 3,551 | 29.65% | 71 | 0.59% |
1980 | 6,311 | 63.16% | 3,246 | 32.49% | 435 | 4.35% |
1976 | 4,382 | 47.96% | 4,594 | 50.28% | 160 | 1.75% |
1972 | 6,543 | 68.85% | 2,760 | 29.04% | 200 | 2.10% |
1968 | 3,960 | 48.55% | 2,508 | 30.75% | 1,689 | 20.71% |
1964 | 3,787 | 46.95% | 4,279 | 53.05% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 5,121 | 64.49% | 2,820 | 35.51% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 5,326 | 64.94% | 2,875 | 35.06% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 6,172 | 64.18% | 3,444 | 35.82% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 3,817 | 48.16% | 4,109 | 51.84% | 0 | 0.00% |
1944 | 4,586 | 54.48% | 3,795 | 45.09% | 36 | 0.43% |
1940 | 5,427 | 53.08% | 4,752 | 46.47% | 46 | 0.45% |
1936 | 4,609 | 45.66% | 5,425 | 53.74% | 61 | 0.60% |
1932 | 3,959 | 40.68% | 5,773 | 59.32% | 0 | 0.00% |
1928 | 6,277 | 72.72% | 2,251 | 26.08% | 104 | 1.20% |
1924 | 4,445 | 58.78% | 2,366 | 31.29% | 751 | 9.93% |
1920 | 4,618 | 64.96% | 2,209 | 31.07% | 282 | 3.97% |
1916 | 2,270 | 49.38% | 1,701 | 37.00% | 626 | 13.62% |
1912 | 2,546 | 52.96% | 1,700 | 35.37% | 561 | 11.67% |
Communities
Cities
- Cedar Valley
- Crescent
- Guthrie (county seat)
Towns
Census-designated places
Unincorporated communities
- * Four Counties Corner (formerly Lockridge)
Notable people
- Edward P. McCabe
- During the early 1890s, noted lawman and gunman James Masterson served as a county Deputy Sheriff for Logan County.
- Angie Debo (1890 - 1988), historian
National Register of Historic Places
Sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
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Media
Newspaper
- Guthrie News-Leader "Serving Logan County since 1892"
References
- ^ a b c "Logan County, Oklahoma". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Linda D. Wilson, "Logan County," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Accessed April 4, 2015.
- ^ "Origin of County Names in Oklahoma." Chronicles of Oklahoma. v. 2, N, 1. March 1924 Archived August 14, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ^ "LAND RUN OF 1889.", The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, 2009, Oklahoma Historical Society
- Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/logancountyoklahoma/EDU635221. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
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- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Oklahoma Registration Statistics by County" (PDF). OK.gov. January 15, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
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