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As of the census
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 of 2000, there were 37,710 people, 14,880 households, and 10,936 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density
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 was 83 people per square mile (32/km²). There were 16,807 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile (14/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.33% White
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, 2.59% Black
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 or African American
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, 0.12% Native American
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, 0.30% Asian
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, 0.02% Pacific Islander
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, 0.06% from other races
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, and 0.59% from two or more races. 0.54% of the population were Hispanic
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 or Latino
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 of any race.

There were 14,880 households out of which 30.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were married couples
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 living together, 12.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.50% were non-families. 24.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county, the population was spread out with 22.10% under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18 to 24, 28.00% from 25 to 44, 26.10% from 45 to 64, and 14.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,603, and the median income for a family was $29,072. Males had a median income of $31,515 versus $20,212 for females. The per capita income
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 for the county was $14,102. About 20.80% of families and 24.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.60% of those under age 18 and 14.40% of those age 65 or over.

Towns

  • Chapmanville
    Chapmanville, West Virginia
    Chapmanville is a town in Logan County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 1,211 at the 2000 census. Chapmanville was founded in 1800 and named for an early settler named Ned Chapman, who owned a store and ran the post office...

  • Man
    Man, West Virginia
    Man is a town in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 770 at the 2000 census. The town is located along the Guyandotte River at the mouth of Buffalo Creek, which was the site of the 1972 Buffalo Creek Flood following a dam collapse...

  • Mitchell Heights
    Mitchell Heights, West Virginia
    Mitchell Heights is a town in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 301 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mitchell Heights is located at ....

  • West Logan
    West Logan, West Virginia
    West Logan is a town in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, along the Guyandotte River. The population was 418 at the 2000 census.-Geography:West Logan is located at ....


Census-designated places

  • Amherstdale-Robinette
    Amherstdale-Robinette, West Virginia
    Amherstdale-Robinette is a former census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,785 at the 2000 census...

  • Holden
    Holden, West Virginia
    Holden is a census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 876 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Holdme is located at , along the Copperas Mine Fork....

  • Mount Gay-Shamrock
    Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia
    Mount Gay-Shamrock is a census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,779 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

  • Switzer
    Switzer, West Virginia
    Switzer is a census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 595 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Switzer is located at , along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44....


Other communities

  • Accoville
    Accoville, West Virginia
    Accoville is an unincorporated census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The community lies along Buffalo Creek. As of the 2010 census, its population was 574.-Mining accident:...

  • Argyle
    Argyle, West Virginia
    Argyle is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, along Rum Creek....

  • Baber
    Baber, West Virginia
    Baber is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, along the Guyandotte River. Baber is located along West Virginia Route 10....

  • Baisden
    Baisden, Logan County, West Virginia
    Baisden is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Baisden is southwest of Logan....

  • Banco
  • Barnabus
    Barnabus, West Virginia
    Barnabus is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek. Barnabus is south of Logan....

  • Becco
    Becco, West Virginia
    Becco is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Becco is located on County Route 16 and Buffalo Creek northeast of Man....

  • Beebe
    Beebe, West Virginia
    Beebe is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Beebe is located along Copperas Mine Fork and County Route 9/2 west-southwest of Logan....

  • Big Creek
    Big Creek, West Virginia
    Big Creek is an unincorporated census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Big Creek is located on West Virginia Route 10 northwest of Chapmanville. Big Creek has a post office with ZIP code 25505. As of the 2010 census, its population was 237.The town's claim to fame is...

  • Black Bottom
  • Blair
    Blair, Logan County, West Virginia
    Blair is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, on the Spruce Fork. Blair lies along West Virginia Route 17...

  • Bradshaw
    Bradshaw, Logan County, West Virginia
    Bradshaw is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Bradshaw is south-southwest of Logan....

  • Braeholm
    Braeholm, West Virginia
    Braeholm is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Braeholm is located on County Route 16 and Buffalo Creek northeast of Man....

  • Bruno
    Bruno, West Virginia
    Bruno is an unincorporated census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Bruno is located on the west bank of the Guyandotte River south of Man. Bruno has a post office with ZIP code 25611. As of the 2010 census, its population was 544....

  • Chambers
  • Chauncey
    Chauncey, West Virginia
    Chauncey is an unincorporated census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Chauncey is located along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek, south of Logan. Chauncey has a post office, which opened on August 23, 1913, and closed on June 27, 2009. As of the 2010 census,...

  • Christian
  • Claypool
    Claypool, Logan County, West Virginia
    Claypool is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Claypool is located along West Virginia Route 10 and Huff Creek east of Man....

  • Coal Valley
  • Cora
    Cora, West Virginia
    Cora is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Cora is southwest of Logan, along the Copperas Mine Fork. Cora has a post office with ZIP code 25614....

  • Craneco
    Craneco, West Virginia
    Craneco is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Craneco is located on County Route 16 and Buffalo Creek east-northeast of Man....

  • Crites
    Crites, West Virginia
    Crites is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Crites is located on County Route 16 and Buffalo Creek east-northeast of Man....

  • Crooked Creek
  • Crown
    Crown, Logan County, West Virginia
    Crown is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Crown is located on County Route 16 and Buffalo Creek northeast of Man....

  • Crystal Block
    Crystal Block, West Virginia
    Crystal Block is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Crystal Block is located along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44 south of Logan....
  • Dabney
    Dabney, West Virginia
    Dabney is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Dabney is southeast of Logan....

  • Daisy
  • Davin
    Davin, West Virginia
    Davin is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Davin is located on West Virginia Route 10 and Huff Creek, east-southeast of Man. Davin has a post office with ZIP code 25617....

  • Davis
  • Dehue
    Dehue, West Virginia
    Dehue is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Dehue is southeast of Logan....

  • Diamond
    Diamond, Logan County, West Virginia
    Diamond is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Diamond is west-southwest of Logan....

  • Dobra
  • Dog Patch
  • Don
  • Earling
    Earling, West Virginia
    Earling is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Earling is located along the Guyandotte River northwest of Man. Earling had a post office, which closed on July 1, 1989. The community was previously known as Ferndale and Manbar; its name was changed to Earling...

  • Emmett
    Emmett, West Virginia
    Emmett is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Emmett is located on Elk Creek, County Route 11/1, and the CSX Railroad southeast of Man. Emmett had a post office, which closed on March 7, 1998....

  • Ethel
    Ethel, West Virginia
    Ethel is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Ethel is located on West Virginia Route 17 east-northeast of Logan. Ethel has a post office with ZIP code 25076....

  • Fanco
  • Five Block
  • Fort Branch
  • Freeze Fork
  • Frogtown
  • Gillman Bottom
    Gillman Bottom, West Virginia
    Gillman Bottom is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Gillman Bottom is located along Huff Creek and West Virginia Route 10 east-southeast of Man....

  • Godby Heights
  • Greenville
    Greenville, Logan County, West Virginia
    Greenville is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Greenville is located along the Guyandotte River south of Man....

  • Guyan Terrace
  • Halcyon
  • Hedgeview
  • Henlawson
    Henlawson, West Virginia
    Henlawson is an unincorporated census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Henlawson is located on the east bank of the Guyandotte River across from Mitchell Heights. Henlawson has a post office with ZIP code 25624. As of the 2010 census, its population was 442....

  • Hensley Heights
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  • Hetzel
  • Huff Junction
    Huff Junction, West Virginia
    Huff Junction is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of Huff Creek and the Guyandotte River. There are many businesses in this area....

  • Hutchinson
  • Isom
  • Justice Addition
  • Kelly
  • Kistler
    Kistler, West Virginia
    Kistler is an unincorporated census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Kistler is northeast of Man, along Buffalo Creek. As of the 2010 census, its population was 528....

  • Kitchen
  • Lake
    Lake, West Virginia
    Lake is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Lake is east-northeast of Mitchell Heights. Lake has a post office with ZIP code 25121....

  • Landville
    Landville, West Virginia
    Landville is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Landville is located on the Guyandotte River and West Virginia Route 80 south-southeast of Man. Landville had a post office, which closed on July 9, 1988....

  • Latrobe
    Latrobe, West Virginia
    Latrobe is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Latrobe is located on County Route 16 and Buffalo Creek east-northeast of Man....

  • Lintz Addition
  • Logan Heights
  • Lorado
    Lorado, West Virginia
    Lorado is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Lorado is east-northeast of Man, along Buffalo Creek. Lorado has a post office with ZIP code 25630....

  • Lundale
    Lundale, West Virginia
    Lundale is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Lundale is northeast of Man, along Buffalo Creek....

  • Lyburn
    Lyburn, West Virginia
    Lyburn is an unincorporated mining community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Lyburn is also the home of the Bearwallow trailhead for the Hatfield-Mccoy ATV trail.-Mining accident:...

  • Mallory
    Mallory, West Virginia
    Mallory is a census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,654 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Mallory is located at , along Huff Creek and West Virginia Route 10....

  • McConnell
    McConnell, West Virginia
    McConnell is an unincorporated census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, on the Guyandotte River. As of the 2010 census, its population was 514. It was established in 1933....

  • Melville
    Melville, West Virginia
    Melville is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The community of Melville was established in 1967.-Mining accident:...

  • Micco
    Micco, West Virginia
    Micco is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Micco is located along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44 south of Logan....

  • Mifflin
  • Mineral City
    Mineral City, West Virginia
    Mineral City is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Mineral City is located along Huff Creek and West Virginia Route 10 east of Man....

  • Monaville
    Monaville, West Virginia
    Monaville is an unincorporated census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, located at an altitude of 712 feet . As of the 2010 census, its population was 309. It lies in the valley of Island Creek, a tributary of the Guyandotte River near the city of Logan...

  • Monclo
  • Monitor
    Monitor, Logan County, West Virginia
    Monitor is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Monitor is located along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44 south-southwest of Logan....

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  • Neibert
    Neibert, West Virginia
    Neibert is a census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Its population was 183 as of the 2010 census....

  • Oilville
  • Omar
    Omar, West Virginia
    Omar is an unincorporated census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Omar is located along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek, south of Logan. Omar has a post office with ZIP code 25638. As of the 2010 census, its population was 522....

  • Orville
  • Pardee
    Pardee, West Virginia
    Pardee is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Pardee is located on County Route 16 and Buffalo Creek east-northeast of Man....

  • Peach Creek
    Peach Creek, West Virginia
    Peach Creek is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Peach Creek is located on the east bank of the Guyandotte River across from West Logan. Peach Creek has a post office with ZIP code 25639....

  • Pecks Mill
    Pecks Mill, West Virginia
    Pecks Mill is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Pecks Mill is located on the Guyandotte River and West Virginia Route 10 north of Mitchell Heights. Pecks Mill has a post office with ZIP code 25547....

  • Phico
    Phico, West Virginia
    Phico is a small unincorporated community just south of the town of Chapmanville on Route 10 in Logan County, West Virginia, United States....

  • Pine Creek
  • Ralumco
  • Red Campbell
  • Ridgeview
    Ridgeview, Logan County, West Virginia
    Ridgeview is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Ridgeview is west of Logan....

  • Rita
  • Rossmore
    Rossmore, West Virginia
    Rossmore is a census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek. Its population was 301 as of the 2010 census....

  • Rum Junction
  • Sarah Ann
    Sarah Ann, West Virginia
    Sarah Ann is an unincorporated census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Sarah Ann is located along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek, west-southwest of Man. Sarah Ann has a post office with ZIP code 25644. As of the 2010 census, its population was 345....

  • Saunders
    Saunders, West Virginia
    Saunders is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Saunders is located on County Highway 16 near Buffalo Creek, east-northeast of Man....

  • Sharples
    Sharples, West Virginia
    Sharples is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Sharples is located on West Virginia Route 17 northeast of Logan. Sharples has a post office with ZIP code 25183....

  • Shegon
  • Shively
    Shively, West Virginia
    Shively is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Shively is located on County Route 3 and the Smokehouse Fork west of Chapmanville....

  • Slagle
  • Sodom
  • Sovereign
  • Spruce Valley
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  • Stirrat
    Stirrat, West Virginia
    Stirrat is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Stirrat is located along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44 south of Logan....

  • Stollings
    Stollings, West Virginia
    Stollings is an unincorporated census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Stollings is located on the Guyandotte River at the junction of West Virginia Route 10 and West Virginia Route 17, east-southeast of Logan. Stollings has a post office with ZIP code 25646. As of...

  • Stone Branch
  • Stowe
    Stowe, West Virginia
    Stowe is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Stowe is located on County Route 16 and Buffalo Creek east-northeast of Man....

  • Sulphur Springs
    Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
    Sulphur Springs is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Sulphur Springs is located along Copperas Mine Fork and County Route 9/2 west-southwest of Logan....

  • Sunbeam
  • Sunset Court
  • Superior Bottom
    Superior Bottom, West Virginia
    Superior Bottom is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Superior Bottom is located along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek, south of Logan....

  • Sycamore
  • Taplin
    Taplin, West Virginia
    Taplin is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Taplin is located on the Guyandotte River northwest of Man. Taplin had a post office, which closed on March 7, 1998....

  • Thompson Town
  • Trace Junction
  • Troy Town
  • Upper Whitman
    Upper Whitman, West Virginia
    Upper Whitman is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Upper Whitman is located along Whitman Creek and County Route 9/1 southwest of Logan....

  • Verdunville
    Verdunville, West Virginia
    Verdunville is an unincorporated census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Verdunville is west of Logan. Verdunville has a post office with ZIP code 25649. As of the 2010 census, its population was 687....

  • Walnut Hill
  • Wanda
  • Whirlwind
  • Whites Addition
    Whites Addition, West Virginia
    Whites Addition is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Whites Addition is located along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44 southwest of Logan....

  • Whitman
    Whitman, West Virginia
    Whitman is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Whitman is southwest of Logan. Whitman has a post office with ZIP code 25652....

  • Whitman Junction
    Whitman Junction, West Virginia
    Whitman Junction is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Whitman Junction is located at the confluence of Copperas Mine Fork and Whitman Creek along County Route 18, west-southwest of Logan....

  • Wilkinson
    Wilkinson, West Virginia
    Wilkinson is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Wilkinson is located along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek, south of Logan. Wilkinson has a post office with ZIP code 25653....

  • Wylo
  • Yolyn
    Yolyn, West Virginia
    Yolyn is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Yolyn is east-southeast of Logan. Yolyn had a post office, which closed on March 3, 2007....

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    See also

    • 2004 Logan County, W.Va. Political Scandal
    • 2006 Aracoma Alma Mine disaster
    • Buffalo Creek flood
      Buffalo Creek Flood
      The Buffalo Creek Flood was a disaster that occurred on February 26, 1972, when the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam #3, located on a hillside in Logan County, West Virginia, USA, burst four days after having been declared 'satisfactory' by a federal mine inspector.The resulting...

    • Chief Logan
      Chief Logan
      Logan the Orator was a Native American orator and war leader born in the Iroquois Confederacy. Although he was of the Cayuga nation, after his 1760s move to the Ohio Country, he was sometimes referred to as a Mingo. His revenge for the killing of family members by American frontiersmen helped...

    • Chief Logan State Park
      Chief Logan State Park
      Chief Logan State Park is located on about north of Logan in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The park, the town and the county were all named after Chief Logan, a Mingo Native American leader who lived in the region before the American Revolutionary War...

    • Elk Creek Wildlife Management Area
      Elk Creek Wildlife Management Area
      Elk Creek Wildlife Management Area is located on east of Wylo in Logan and Mingo counties, West Virginia. The wildlife management area was established in 2008 on land leased by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources from Heartwood Forestland Fund II, L.P.-See also:*Animal...

    • James H. Harless
      James H. Harless
      James H. Harless, also known as James "Buck" Harless is a coal & timber operator. He's a native of Gilbert, in Mingo County, West Virginia.- Companies :...

    • Logan's Lament
    • National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, West Virginia
    • Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.

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