Logan, Cache County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah Cache County Logan

This site is hosted 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.

Brigham Young, the great colonizer, sent the first permanent European settlers into the 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 still the predominant religion to this day. Logan was first settled in April 1859 and named after the Logan River that flows through the city to this day.

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 known as home to 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 college 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 | Lewiston, Utah | Mendon, Utah | Millville, Utah | Newton, Utah | Nibley, Utah | North Logan, Utah | Providence, Utah | Richmond, Utah | River Heights, Utah | Smithfield, Utah | Wellsville, Utah

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


 * Cemeteries of Cache County

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


 * Findagrave
 * Names In Stone
 * Utah Gravestone Photo Project

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


 * Kenneth Linquist Mortuary Records (1913-1961) Logan Library

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) Logan 1st Ward 89 South 200 West Logan, UT 84321


 * Law, Craig. Logan Temple. Logan, UT: Logan Temple Centennial Commemoration Committee, 1984. Logan Library
 * Morrell, Ada England.One hundred years of history of the LDS Logan Second Ward, 1861 to 1961. Logan, UT: Gateway Press, 1961.  Logan Library
 * Olsen, Nolan Porter. Logan temple : the first 100 years. Logan, UT: 1978.  Logan Library

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


 * Hult, Christine, ed. The Presbyterian experience in Cache Valley: one-hundred thirty years of faith and service 1878 - 2008. Logan, UT: 2009. Logan Library

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

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

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

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

Other Churches

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

Directories
Ancestry.com. Utah Directory, 1890: Salt Lake City, Logan, and Provo [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.

R.L. Polk &amp; Co. Polk City Directory for Logan, Utah. 1904-current. Logan Library 1904-1964 on film Logan Library 1929-current in print

Sloan, Robert W. 1884 Utah Gazetteer and directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo, and Salt Lake Cities. Salt Lake City, UT: Herald Printing and Publishing Co., 1884.

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.  Logan Library
 * Godfrey, Kenneth W. Logan, Utah : a one hundred fifty year history. Exemplar Press, 2010. 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.  Logan Library
 * Ricks, Joel E. The history of a valley : Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho. Logan, Utah : Cache Valley Centennial Commission, 1956.  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. Logan Library
 * Somers, Ray. History of Logan. Logan, UT : Somers Historical Press, 1993. Volumes 1 and 2.  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. Logan Library
 * Cache Treasures : A Photo History of Cache Valley. Logan, UT : The Herald Journal, 2001. Logan Library
 * Smith, Darrin. Logan Reflections : Photographs Then, Now and in Between. Logan, UT : The Herald Journal, 2009. Logan Library

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.

Records of Interest

 * Cache County Inheritance Tax Records, 1905-1966 Logan Library
 * Cache County Probate Records, 1860-1965 Logan Library

Maps
1875 Bird-Eye View

Cache County Township Plat Book

Cache County, Utah 1895

Cache County, Utah 1931

Titles

 * The Cache American (1931-1947?) Logan Library
 * The Herald Journal (1931-present) Logan Library
 * The Journal (1892-1931)  Logan Library  
 * The Logan Journal (1888-1891)  Logan Library
 * The Logan Leader (1879-1882)
 * The Utah Journal (1882-1889)  Logan Library

Abstracts

 * Vital Records of Cache County (1860-? newspaper clippings with births, deaths, etc.) Logan Library

Obituaries
The local history librarian at the Logan Library is happy to search for an obituary for you in any 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.)

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 &amp; 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 State History - Online Sources
 * Utah State University Digital Initiatives

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

Logan Utah Regional Family History Center (Family History Library Branch) 50 North Main (rear basement) Logan, UT 84321 (435) 755-5594

Message Boards

 * Cache County Message Board
 * Cache Family History Center List

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
Settlers began to enter Cache County in 1859. Vital records from that time until civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began may be found in alternative sources: newspapers, church records, family records, cemetery records, etc.

Birth and Death
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. Logan Library Utah State Archives [call number Series 83781]
 * 1905-present Birth and Death Records
 * 1905 Birth Certificate Index
 * Utah Death Certificate Index

Marriage Records
Marriages were seen as a religious sacrament 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. FHL US/CAN Film 430301-430336 Logan Library
 * Western States Marriage Database