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History in
a Pecan Shell
Logan was also
known as Mount Pleasant (not to be confused with the Titus
County Seat). Settled prior to the Civil War, the name was taken
from the Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church which was organized
in the 1880s.
A school was in operation around 1900 and was also known as the Mount
Pleasant school. The name change occurred when a post office was applied
for and the name is said to come from the Louisiana town of Logansport.
The post office closed in 1910 and by the 1930s the population was
a mere 10 residents.
The current estimated population is 40 and the community still retains
the church and cemetery. |
1907 postal
map showing Logan in SE Panola
County
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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