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Logansport, IN

Logansport, Indiana
City
Buildings on Broadway in Logansport
Buildings on Broadway in Logansport
Location of Logansport in Cass County, Indiana.
Location of Logansport in Cass County, Indiana.
Coordinates: 40°45′13″N 86°21′38″W / 40.75361°N 86.36056°W / 40.75361; -86.36056Coordinates: 40°45′13″N 86°21′38″W / 40.75361°N 86.36056°W / 40.75361; -86.36056
Country United States
State Indiana
County Cass
Government
 • Mayor Dave Kitchell (D)
Area
 • Total 10.68 sq mi (27.67 km2)
 • Land 10.46 sq mi (27.08 km2)
 • Water 0.23 sq mi (0.58 km2)  2.45%
Elevation 633 ft (193 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 18,396
 • Estimate (2016) 17,780
 • Density 1,700.30/sq mi (656.52/km2)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 46947
Area code(s) 574
FIPS code 18-44658
GNIS feature ID 0438232
Website http://www.cityoflogansport.org/

Logansport is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, Indiana, United States. The population was 18,396 at the 2010 census. Logansport is located in northern Indiana at the junction of the Wabash and Eel rivers, northeast of Lafayette.

Logansport was settled circa 1826 and named for a half Shawnee soldier named James Renick-Logan, better known as “Captain Logan” who served as a scout for U.S. forces in the surrounding area during the War of 1812.

Logansport is home to a refurbished Dentzel Carousel. Of many carousels built by the Dentzel Carousel Company, the refurbished Dentzel Carousel is "one of the three earliest Dentzel menagerie carousels that are virtually intact". The carousel resides in Riverside Park on the banks of the Eel River. Riders may attempt to grab a brass ring while riding, this carousel game serves as the current basis for the local economic-development slogan “Logansport – Cass County: Grab the brass ring”. The Carousel is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a national landmark. Also listed on the National Register of Historic Places are the Bankers Row Historic District, Courthouse Historic District, Ferguson House, Jerolaman-Long House, John Keip House, Kendrick-Baldwin House, Willard B. Place House, Point Historic District, Pollard-Nelson House, and Henry Tousley House.


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