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Photo of Logan, WV taken April 1999April 1999 from the top of Buskirk Hill.

This website is dedicated to preserving the history and memories of our county. Everyone is welcome to help in this endeavor by sharing their photos, memories and any information they may have about the history of our county. We especially would appreciate help from local historians. Please check out our posts and photos and feel free to join in on any of the discussions. Our web address is www.LoganWV.us — an easy United States web address to remember. Thanks for stopping by!

Logan County, Virginia was formed on May 7, 1824 and named in honor of the famous Mingo Indian Chief. The Logan Courthouse village was first established as Lawnsville in 1827. The town was first incorporated in 1852 as Aracoma. Its first mayor was Thomas Dunn English who wrote “Ben Bolt”.  The Aracoma name was changed to Logan in 1907.

William Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield (Sept 9, 1839 – Jan. 6, 1921) famous patriarch of the Hatfield clan is buried in the county.

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Remembering the Community of Holden 22
By Dwight WilliamsonDwight Williamson, Logan County Magistrate
This week, as we remember the 18 coal miners who lost their lives March 8, 1960 at the Holden No. 22 mine. I dedicate this story to those miners, their families and all of the hundreds of coal miners who over the years lost limbs and lives; and to those who died from coal industry-related diseases, such as black lung, silicosis and emphysema. For even as we remember the miners today, there are forces at work to deny miners’ families the benefits that were originally promised to them. Read more.
Early Live in Logan County Described by K.F. Deskins
Logan, WVThe Logan Banner, Nov.12, 1937
By Stan Tobin
Sixty years ago, which is comparatively a short time in the ordinary span of things canoes and flatboats floated up and down the Guyan River, deer, bear and wild hogs roamed the hills in abundance and the few people that lived in the valley existed by what nature had to offer. Read more.
A stringent look into the history of Logan County
By Dwight WilliamsonDwight Williamson, Logan County Magistrate
A stringent look into the history of Logan County will reveal that from 1924 until 1932 two of Devil Anse Hatfield’s sons pretty much ruled the county, but it should be pointed out that the “dynamic duo” really was just following up on the practices of their predecessor, Sheriff Don Chafin, who previously had been declared as “King” of Logan County. Read more.
Hatfield Pioneers
By Coleman A. HatfieldColeman A. Hatfield
*This article is from the 1952 Centennial Program Booklet published by the City of Logan.
Foreword by Dr. Coleman C. Hatfield (1927-2008): “My father, Coleman A. Hatfield, the son of Cap Hatfield, spent the majority of his adult life researching Hatfield and McCoy feud history. Besides being a Logan attorney, he was a gifted writer and researcher in his own right. He kept meticulous journals and audiotapes throughout his life about his historical findings, before passing away in 1970. In addition to his research, Dad remembered and recounted many of the stories and tall tales that he personally had heard Devil Anse and his wife, Levicy, tell the grandchildren through the years.” Read more.

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