Logan Ohio Map

About Logan, Ohio

Logan is a locality in Defiance County, Ohio, United States. It has a population of approximately 7,296. The population density is 588.0 people per km². Logan is located at 39.5384°N, 82.4064°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Logan is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 43526, 43138.

Logan occupies a landscape defined by the deliberate transition between expansive, level plains and the sudden, atmospheric rise of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 20.9 miles west-northwest of Defiance, OH (from Defiance, OH: bearing 283°T), and is situated 4.2 miles north of Hicksville. The air here holds a distinct, heavy clarity, particularly as the light shifts toward dusk and casts long, violet shadows across the ridges that define the horizon. Moisture lingers in the low-lying hollows, rising in thin, spectral ribbons near the banks of North Fork Gordon Creek, where the water moves with a quiet, persistent gravity. Three miles from the center, the quiet surface of Little Lake mirrors the dense, encroaching woodland, providing a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic, mechanical hum echoing from the nearby roadways.

Logan persists as a place where the remnants of mid-century industrial ambitions exist in a fragile, shifting dialogue with the surrounding earth. The local economy, once tethered to the extraction of resources and the movement of heavy goods, now finds its momentum in a slower, more deliberate pace of life. Residents often spend their afternoons at Hickory Hills Golf Club, where the manicured fairways offer a stark, human-contrived geometry against the wild, unkempt growth of the forest edges. History here is not merely a record of the past but a visible layer of brick and iron, seen in the weathered facades of the center where the architecture reflects a time of bustling commerce and the steady, grinding labor that built the regional identity.

About This Logan Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Logan, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.538372, -82.406406. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Logan includes the ZIP code (43526, 43138), telephone area code (740, 614), county seat of Defiance County (Defiance), and school district assignment (Logan-Hocking Local School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.