{"id":6728,"date":"2023-08-14T11:41:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6728"},"modified":"2026-08-16T19:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T19:08:25","slug":"logan-county-north-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/logan-county-north-dakota\/","title":{"rendered":"Logan County, North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Logan County is a county in North Dakota, United States, in the south-central part of the state. It had a population of 1,876 at the 2020 census and covers 1,011 square miles (2,619 km2) centred near 46\u00b028\u2032N 99\u00b030\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Napoleon is the county seat; its postal code is 58561. The county has four incorporated cities, three unincorporated communities, and seven civil townships. Logan County is in the Central time zone (UTC&minus;6, CDT in summer); its FIPS code is 38047.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Logan County<\/h2>\n<p>Logan County has four incorporated cities &mdash; Napoleon, Gackle, Fredonia, and Lehr &mdash; plus a handful of small unincorporated communities scattered across its farm townships. None of the county&#8217;s places carries a CDP designation; the incorporated towns are labelled City below, with Napoleon marked as the county seat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Napoleon<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>749<\/td>\n<td>58561<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gackle<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>281<\/td>\n<td>58442<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fredonia<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>58440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lehr<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Burnstad<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Guyson<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Peters<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lehr straddles the Logan&ndash;McIntosh county line: most of the town&#8217;s built-up area and its post office sit in Logan County, while a portion of the townsite crosses south into McIntosh County. Burnstad, Guyson, and Peters are unincorporated farm-country hamlets with no city government of their own; population figures for all three are not separately reported in census data.<\/p>\n<h2>Townships<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop. (2020)<\/th>\n<th>Main settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Finn<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural farmland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Glendale<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural farmland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gutschmidt<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural farmland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Haag<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural farmland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Janke<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural farmland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Red Lake<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural farmland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sealy<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural farmland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Logan County&#8217;s seven organized civil townships cover most of the county outside its incorporated cities; individual township population counts were not verifiable for this update and are omitted rather than estimated.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>58561 &mdash; Napoleon (also serves Burnstad and Peters)<\/li>\n<li>58442 &mdash; Gackle<\/li>\n<li>58440 &mdash; Fredonia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lehr and Guyson do not have a confirmed dedicated delivery ZIP for this update; residents in those communities may be served by codes assigned to neighbouring post offices.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Logan County sits on North Dakota&#8217;s drift prairie, a landscape of gently rolling hills, shallow potholes, and small sloughs left behind by retreating glaciers. Of the county&#8217;s 1,011 square miles, 992.6 square miles are land and 18.4 square miles (1.8 percent) are water, mostly small wetlands and stock ponds rather than one large lake or river.<\/p>\n<p>Logan County is bordered by Stutsman County to the northeast, LaMoure County to the east, McIntosh County to the south, Emmons County to the west, and Kidder County to the northwest. Of these, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/mcintosh-county-north-dakota\/\">McIntosh County<\/a> has its own page on this site; Stutsman, LaMoure, Emmons, and Kidder counties are named here without a link pending a verified page for each.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>The 2020 census counted 1,876 residents in Logan County, a density of roughly 1.9 people per square mile &mdash; among the lowest in North Dakota. Napoleon is the largest community with 749 residents, followed by Gackle with 281. County-level median household income figures were not verifiable for this update; North Dakota&#8217;s statewide median is $76,525.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture anchors Logan County&#8217;s economy: small grains, corn, soybeans, and cattle ranching dominate the land across its seven townships. Napoleon is the trade center and seat of county government, home to the Logan County Courthouse and the local public school. Logan County has one of the highest concentrations of German-Russian heritage of any U.S. county, a legacy of Volga German and Black Sea German homesteaders who settled its townships in the late 1800s &mdash; a heritage still visible in area church congregations and cemetery names.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Logan County was created by the Dakota Territory legislature on January 4, 1873, and organized on September 1, 1884. It is named for John A. Logan (1826&ndash;1886), a Union Army general in the Civil War who later served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois &mdash; one of several Dakota counties named for national political and military figures rather than local settlers. Napoleon was platted soon after organization and grew as a rail shipping point for the surrounding grain country. German-Russian immigrants from the Volga and Black Sea German colonies settled the county&#8217;s townships through the 1880s and 1890s, shaping local churches, cemeteries, and dialect for generations after.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>North Dakota Highway 3 runs north&ndash;south through Napoleon, meeting ND Highway 34, which crosses the county east&ndash;west.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jamestown &mdash; about 40 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Linton &mdash; about 25 miles southwest<\/li>\n<li>Ellendale &mdash; about 45 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Bismarck &mdash; about 75 miles west<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Logan County has no commercial airport or passenger rail service of its own; Jamestown Regional Airport is the nearest local airfield, and Bismarck Municipal Airport offers wider commercial service.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Logan County, North Dakota?<\/strong><br \/>It sits in the south-central part of North Dakota, on the drift prairie between the James River valley and the Missouri Coteau.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Logan County?<\/strong><br \/>Logan County had 1,876 residents at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Logan County?<\/strong><br \/>The county covers 1,011 square miles (2,619 km2), of which 992.6 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Logan County?<\/strong><br \/>Napoleon is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Logan County?<\/strong><br \/>Four incorporated cities &mdash; Napoleon, Gackle, Fredonia, and Lehr &mdash; plus the unincorporated communities of Burnstad, Guyson, and Peters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Logan County?<\/strong><br \/>58561 (Napoleon), 58442 (Gackle), and 58440 (Fredonia).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Logan County known for?<\/strong><br \/>Its German-Russian heritage: the county has one of the highest shares of Russian-American ancestry of any county in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/north-dakota\/\">Towns and villages in North Dakota<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logan County is a county in North Dakota, United States, in the south-central part of the state. It had a population of 1,876 at the 2020 census and covers 1,011 square miles (2,619 km2) centred near 46\u00b028\u2032N 99\u00b030\u2032W. Napoleon is the county seat; its postal code is 58561. 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