Barrio Logan, San Diego | |
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Community of San Diego | |
Barrio Logan | |
Barrio Logan neighborhood sign near corner of Cesar E. Chavez Parkway and Main Street
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Location within Central San Diego | |
Coordinates: 32°41′51″N 117°08′31″W / 32.697539°N 117.142025°W | |
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
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".)