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Barrio Logan

Barrio Logan, San Diego
Community of San Diego
Barrio Logan
Barrio Logan neighborhood sign near corner of Cesar E. Chavez Parkway and Main Street
Barrio Logan neighborhood sign near corner of Cesar E. Chavez Parkway and Main Street
Barrio Logan, San Diego is located in San Diego
Barrio Logan, San Diego
Barrio Logan, San Diego
Location within Central San Diego
Coordinates: 32°41′51″N 117°08′31″W / 32.697539°N 117.142025°W / 32.697539; -117.142025
Country  United States of America
State  California
County San Diego
City San Diego

Coordinates: 32°41′51.14″N 117°8′31.29″W / 32.6975389°N 117.1420250°W / 32.6975389; -117.1420250

Barrio Logan is a neighborhood in south central San Diego, California. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of East Village and Logan Heights to the north, Shelltown and Southcrest to the east, San Diego Bay to the southwest, and National City to the southeast. Interstate 5 forms the northeastern boundary. The Barrio Logan Community Plan Area comprises approximately 1,000 acres, of which slightly more than half is under the jurisdiction of the Port of San Diego or the United States Navy rather than the city of San Diego. The community is subject to the California Coastal Act.

In 1871, Congressman John A. Logan wrote legislation to provide federal land grants and subsidies for a transcontinental railroad ending in San Diego. A street laid in 1881 was named Logan Heights after him, and the name came to be applied to the general area. Plans for a railroad never successfully materialized, and the area was predominantly residential by the turn of the century, becoming one of San Diego's oldest communities. Its transformation began in 1910 with the influx of refugees from the Mexican Revolution, who soon became the majority ethnic group. For this reason, the southern part of the original Logan Heights neighborhood came to be called Barrio Logan. (Barrio is a Spanish word for "neighborhood".)


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