Logan County, Arkansas

Logan County is a county in Arkansas, United States, about 35 miles southeast of Fort Smith in
the Arkansas River Valley between the Ozark and Ouachita mountains. It had a population of 21,131
at the 2020 census, an estimated 21,633 by 2025, and covers 731 square miles (1,890 km2) centred
near 35°13′N 93°44′W.

Booneville is the county seat for the county’s southern district, and Paris is the seat for the
northern district — Logan County is one of a handful of Arkansas counties with two county
seats; Booneville’s postal code is 72927. The county holds 5 cities, 4 incorporated towns and 1
census-designated place, plus scattered rural communities, spread across 24 townships, and it runs
on Central Time. Its FIPS code is 05083.

Towns & Villages in Logan County

Logan County has 11 named places with recognized Census status: 9 incorporated cities and towns,
1 census-designated place (CDP), and 1 unincorporated community with its own ZIP code. CDP stands
for census designated place; Unincorp. covers a community with no local government of its own.

The county’s Census subdivision file does not break these 11 places out by township, so that
column is omitted here rather than guessed. Older lists for this page mixed in dozens of rural
crossroads and farm-community names — Union, Liberty, Pleasant Hill and similar — that
repeat across several Arkansas counties and carry no independent Census or postal record inside
Logan County; they have been dropped rather than published unverified.

ZIP Codes

• 72927 — Booneville
• 72855 — Paris
• 72943 — Magazine
• 72865 — Subiaco
• 72863 — Scranton
• 72951 — Ratcliff
• 72851 — New Blaine
• 72835 — Delaware
• 72826 — Blue Mountain (a PO Box–only ZIP with a small resident count)

Caulksville and Morrison Bluff have no ZIP code of their own; mail addressed to either town uses
a neighboring post office — Ratcliff or Booneville for Caulksville, Paris or Scranton for
Morrison Bluff.

Geography

Logan County sits in the Arkansas River Valley, a lowland corridor separating the Ozark
Mountains to the north from the Ouachita Mountains to the south. Of its 731 square miles, 708 are
land and 23 are water, most of it along the Petit Jean River and Blue Mountain Lake, a reservoir on
that river in the county’s southern half. Magazine Mountain, at 2,753 feet, rises in the county’s
southeast corner and is the highest natural point in Arkansas; Mount Magazine State Park covers
2,234 acres around its summit. The county’s northern edge reaches an arm of Lake Dardanelle, the
Arkansas River impoundment that borders New Blaine and Morrison Bluff.

Franklin County lies to the north, Pope County to the northeast, Yell County to the east, Scott
County to the south, Sebastian County to the west, and Johnson County touches the northwest corner.
Franklin County, Pope County, Yell County and Sebastian County all have their own
pages on this site; Scott County and Johnson County do not yet.

Demographics

Logan County had a population of 21,131 at the 2020 census, and the latest estimate puts the
county near 21,633 residents. Booneville and Paris are by far the two largest communities, each
holding roughly 3,000 to 3,800 people and together accounting for more than a third of the
county’s population. Median household income runs about $58,555, close to the Arkansas statewide
figure of $58,700 (2023 ACS). Population density works out to roughly 30 people per square mile of
land, low even by rural Arkansas standards, reflecting the county’s mountainous, thinly settled
southern half.

Economy & Local Life

Manufacturing employs the most workers in the county, more than 1,800 people, followed by
health care and social assistance at around 1,300 and educational services at about 1,100. Cargill
Meat Solutions runs a large meatpacking plant in Booneville, one of the county’s biggest single
employers; Booneville also has the county’s community hospital. Subiaco Academy, a Benedictine
boys’ boarding school founded alongside Subiaco Abbey, anchors the small town of Subiaco and draws
students from across the region. Mount Magazine State Park, with its 2006 lodge and cliffside
cabins, is the county’s main tourism draw, hosting the annual Mount Magazine International
Butterfly Festival built around the Diana fritillary, Arkansas’s state butterfly.

History

Arkansas’s legislature created the county on 22 March 1871 as Sarber County, named for John
Newton Sarber, a Republican state senator. After Democrats regained control of the legislature in
1875, they renamed it Logan County for James Logan, an early Kentucky-born settler. Booneville
traces to 1828, when explorer Walter Cauthron built a log cabin and store along the Petit Jean
River; the town later grew around railroad traffic and the Arkansas State Tuberculosis Sanatorium
before diversifying into small industry. Paris was established around 1820 and incorporated in
1879; coal mining drove its economy through the early 20th century, and the town was the site of
Arkansas’s last public hanging, in 1914. Subiaco Abbey was founded in 1878 by Benedictine monks
from Indiana and formally named by Pope Leo XIII in 1891.

Getting There

No interstate crosses Logan County. Arkansas Highways 10, 22, 23 and 60 carry most through
traffic, linking the county’s towns to Fort Smith, Russellville and the surrounding counties.

• Fort Smith — about 35 miles northwest
• Russellville — about 35 miles east
• Waldron — about 20 miles south
• Ozark — about 15 miles north

Fort Smith Regional Airport is the nearest commercial airport. Logan County has no Amtrak
service; the closest station is well to the east, on the Texas Eagle line through Little Rock.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Logan County located?
It sits in the Arkansas River Valley in west-central Arkansas, about 35 miles southeast of Fort
Smith, bordered by Franklin, Pope, Yell, Scott, Sebastian and Johnson counties.

What is the population of Logan County?
21,131 at the 2020 census, with a 2025 estimate near 21,633.

How big is Logan County?
731 square miles (1,890 km2), of which 708 square miles are land.

What is the county seat of Logan County?
Logan County has two: Booneville, seat of the southern district, and Paris, seat of the northern
district.

How many towns and villages are in Logan County?
Nine incorporated cities and towns — Booneville, Paris, Magazine, Scranton, Ratcliff,
Subiaco, Blue Mountain, Caulksville and Morrison Bluff — plus the New Blaine CDP and the
unincorporated community of Delaware.

What ZIP codes does Logan County use?
72927 for Booneville, 72855 for Paris, 72943 for Magazine, 72865 for Subiaco, 72863 for Scranton,
72951 for Ratcliff, 72851 for New Blaine, 72835 for Delaware and 72826 for Blue Mountain.

What is Logan County known for?
Magazine Mountain, Arkansas’s highest point, and Mount Magazine State Park; Subiaco Abbey and
Academy; and Paris’s history as the site of the state’s last public hanging, in 1914.

More counties in this state: Towns and villages in Arkansas.