Logan County is a county in Ohio, United States, about 48 miles northwest of Columbus. It had
a population of 46,150 at the 2020 census, an estimated 46,302 by 2025, and covers 467 square
miles (1,210 km2) centred near 40°22′N 83°45′W.
Bellefontaine is the county seat and its only city; its postal code is 43311. The county holds
1 city, 12 incorporated villages and 3 census-designated places across 17 townships, plus a
scatter of unincorporated communities, and it runs on Eastern Time. Its FIPS code is 39091.
Towns & Villages in Logan County
Logan County has 35 named places on record: one city, 12 incorporated villages, three
census-designated places (CDPs) and 19 unincorporated communities with no local government of
their own. CDP stands for census designated place; Unincorp. covers crossroads and rural
communities with no formal boundary.
| Place | Type | Township | Pop. | ZIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefontaine | City · seat | Lake | 14,115 | 43311 |
| West Liberty | Town | Liberty, Monroe | 1,770 | 43357 |
| Russells Point | Town | Washington, Stokes | 1,320 | 43348 |
| De Graff | Town | Miami, Pleasant | 1,250 | 43318 |
| Lakeview | Town | Stokes | 1,184 | 43331 |
| West Mansfield | Town | Bokes Creek, Perry | 749 | 43358 |
| Belle Center | Town | Richland | 809 | 43310 |
| Chippewa Park | CDP | Stokes | 819 | 43331 |
| Quincy | Town | Miami | 536 | 43343 |
| Rushsylvania | Town | Rushcreek | 491 | 43347 |
| Huntsville | Town | McArthur | 408 | 43324 |
| East Liberty | CDP | Perry | 371 | 43319 |
| Ridgeway | Town | Bokes Creek | 314 | 43345 |
| Lewistown | CDP | Washington | 202 | 43333 |
| Zanesfield | Town | Jefferson | 194 | 43360 |
| Valley Hi | Town | Jefferson, Monroe | 228 | — |
| Bloom Center | Unincorp. | Bloomfield | — | — |
| Logansville | Unincorp. | Pleasant | — | — |
| Middleburg | Unincorp. | Zane | — | — |
| Northwood | Unincorp. | McArthur, Richland | — | — |
| Pickrelltown | Unincorp. | Monroe | — | — |
| Santa Fe | Unincorp. | Stokes | — | — |
| Big Springs | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
| Cherokee | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
| Flatwoods | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
| Gretna | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
| Harper | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
| Horton | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
| McKees Town | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
| New Jerusalem | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
| New Richland | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
| North Greenfield | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
| Orchard Island | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
| Walnut Grove | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
| White Town | Unincorp. | — | — | — |
Ridgeway is the county’s one straddler: the village sits mostly in Hale Township, Hardin
County, with only its southern edge reaching into Bokes Creek Township here, so its 314 residents
are split across both counties, not counted wholly as Logan County’s. Northwood is a single
unincorporated community whose land runs across the McArthur–Richland township line, and De
Graff, Valley Hi, West Liberty, West Mansfield and Russells Point each have territory in two
Logan County townships, which is why the table lists more than one township for them. The old
list on this page also carried eleven mobile-home parks (Blackhawk, Holiday Harbor, Holiday
Shores, Indian Hills, Lakes Edge, Pleasant View, Royal Coach Estates, Southtowne Meadows, Tammis
Mobile Village, Wammes and Wayside) plus Avondale, Iron City, Island View, Lakeview Meadows,
Macochee Castle, Marl City, McMorran, O’Connor Point and Van — none of these appear as
communities in the county’s own Census-sourced place list, so they are dropped here rather
than guessed at.
Townships
Logan County has 17 civil townships. Lake Township, which contains most of Bellefontaine, is
by far the largest by population; Bloomfield, with no incorporated place inside it, is the
smallest.
| Township | Pop. (2020) | Main settlements |
|---|---|---|
| Lake | 12,774 | Most of Bellefontaine |
| Stokes | 4,550 | Lakeview, Chippewa Park, Santa Fe |
| Liberty | 3,891 | West Liberty, part of Bellefontaine |
| Washington | 3,351 | Russells Point, Lewistown |
| Jefferson | 3,028 | Zanesfield, most of Valley Hi, part of Bellefontaine |
| Richland | 2,645 | Belle Center, part of Northwood |
| Rushcreek | 2,153 | Rushsylvania |
| Miami | 2,110 | Quincy, part of De Graff |
| Harrison | 2,061 | Part of Bellefontaine |
| McArthur | 1,920 | Huntsville, part of Northwood |
| Monroe | 1,800 | Pickrelltown, parts of West Liberty and Valley Hi |
| Bokes Creek | 1,374 | Ridgeway (part), West Mansfield (part) |
| Zane | 1,191 | Middleburg |
| Pleasant | 1,144 | Logansville, part of De Graff |
| Perry | 986 | East Liberty, part of West Mansfield |
| Union | 755 | No incorporated place |
| Bloomfield | 417 | Bloom Center (unincorporated) |
ZIP Codes
- 43311 — Bellefontaine (the county’s most populous ZIP, and its own post office)
- 43310 — Belle Center
- 43318 — De Graff
- 43319 — East Liberty
- 43324 — Huntsville
- 43331 — Lakeview (also serves the Chippewa Park CDP)
- 43333 — Lewistown
- 43343 — Quincy
- 43345 — Ridgeway
- 43347 — Rushsylvania
- 43348 — Russells Point
- 43357 — West Liberty
- 43358 — West Mansfield
- 43360 — Zanesfield
Valley Hi and the county’s 19 unincorporated communities have no ZIP code of their own;
mail there is delivered under the nearest incorporated village’s code.
Geography
Logan County sits in west-central Ohio on the edge of the state’s till plains. Of its 467
square miles, 458 are land and 8.3 are water, about 1.8 percent — most of that water is
Indian Lake, a 5,104-acre reservoir in the county’s northeast that ranks as Ohio’s
second-largest inland lake. It was dug in the 1850s as the Lewistown Reservoir to feed the Sidney
Feeder of the Miami and Erie Canal; once canal traffic ended, the state kept it as a park, and it
now has about 30 miles of shoreline used for boating and fishing across Stokes, Washington and
Richland townships. Campbell Hill, northeast of Bellefontaine, rises to 1,549 feet and is the
highest natural point in Ohio.
Hardin County lies to the north, Union County to the east, Champaign County to the south,
Shelby County to the west, and Auglaize County to the northwest. Hardin County, Union County, Champaign County, Shelby County and Auglaize County all border Logan
directly.
Demographics
Logan County had a population of 46,150 at the 2020 census, and the latest estimate puts the
county near 46,302 residents. Bellefontaine and West Liberty are the two largest communities,
though Bellefontaine alone holds nearly a third of the county’s people. Median household
income runs $71,551, essentially level with Ohio’s statewide figure of $67,769. Population
density works out to roughly 101 people per square mile of land, typical for a rural Ohio county
outside the Columbus and Dayton metro cores.
Economy & Local Life
Manufacturing employs the most workers in the county, about 5,631 people, followed by health
care and social assistance at 2,361 and retail trade at 2,257. Honda’s East Liberty Auto
Plant, opened in 1989 in the village of East Liberty, is the county’s largest single
manufacturing site and links Logan County into the Honda supply network centered on nearby
Marysville and Anna. Bellefontaine functions as the county’s retail and service hub. The
county’s biggest annual event is the Logan County Fair, held the second full week of July
at the fairgrounds on East Lake Avenue in Bellefontaine.
History
The Ohio legislature organized Logan County on 1 March 1818, naming it for Benjamin Logan, a
Kentucky militia officer who led raids against Shawnee towns in the area during the 1780s.
Bellefontaine, laid out soon after, became the county seat. In 1891 the city paved Court Avenue
in concrete, the first concrete street built in the United States; a stretch of that original
pavement still survives.
On 14 March 2024, an EF-3 tornado tore through the Indian Lake area, striking Russells Point
and neighboring lakeside communities. The storm killed several people, injured dozens more, and
destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and businesses around the lake, one of the most severe
tornado events in the county’s recorded history.
Getting There
No Interstate highway crosses Logan County. U.S. Route 33 and U.S. Route 68 run through it,
along with state routes 47, 117, 235, 245, 273, 274, 287, 292, 347, 365, 366, 368, 508, 533, 540,
559, 706, 708 and 720.
- Columbus — about 48 miles southeast
- Dayton — about 45 miles southwest
- Lima — about 30 miles northwest
- Marysville — about 20 miles east
John Glenn Columbus International Airport, roughly 55 miles southeast of Bellefontaine, is the
nearest major commercial airport. Logan County has no Amtrak station; the closest, in Cincinnati,
is about 100 miles to the southwest on the Cardinal line.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Logan County located?
It sits in west-central Ohio, about 48 miles northwest of Columbus, bordered by Hardin, Union,
Champaign, Shelby and Auglaize counties.
What is the population of Logan County?
46,150 at the 2020 census, with a 2025 estimate near 46,302.
How big is Logan County?
467 square miles (1,210 km2), of which 458 square miles are land and 8.3 square miles are
Indian Lake and other water.
What is the county seat of Logan County?
Bellefontaine, organized soon after the county in 1818, is the seat and the county’s only
city.
How many towns and villages are in Logan County?
One city, 12 incorporated villages, three census-designated places and 19 unincorporated
communities — 35 named places in all.
What ZIP codes does Logan County use?
43311 for Bellefontaine, plus 43310, 43318, 43319, 43324, 43331, 43333, 43343, 43345, 43347,
43348, 43357, 43358 and 43360 for the county’s villages and CDPs.
What is Logan County known for?
Campbell Hill, Ohio’s highest natural point; Indian Lake, the state’s second-largest
inland lake; and Honda’s East Liberty Auto Plant.
More counties in this state: Towns and villages in Ohio.