Logan County

History

Organized September 17, 1887.  County seat, Russell Springs.  By an act of the Legistlature in 1887, the name of the then unorganized county of St. John was changed to Logan, in honor of the late General John A. Logan.   Map and text from History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Cities, Towns, & Villages of Logan County

                           2000
    Town                Population  ZIP         Year  Elevation
    =================   ==========  =========   ====  =========
    Elkader                                             2640
    McAllaster                                          3158
    Monument                        67747               3173
    Oakley                   2,173  67748       1884    3050
    Page City                                           3232
    Russell Springs             32  67755       1865    2964
    Winona                     228  67764               3329

Special Places in Logan County

• Russell Springs has a beautiful site on the ridge that forms the north side of the valley of the Smoky Hill River. You can see the impressive old courthouse, which is now the Butterfield Trail Museum, for many miles to the south.
• The Fick Fossil & History Museum in Oakley is a compact, well arranged and very interesting museum that is well worth stopping to see.
• The Keystone Gallery is located on US 83 at Dakota Road - 18 miles north of Scott City or 26 miles south of Oakley. This fossil museum / art gallery / souvenir shop is in a 1916 limestone Church overlooking the Smoky Hill River Valley. The site is surrounded by a 400 head buffalo herd and has a great view of Monument Rocks 8 miles to the east in Gove county.
• Monument has a nice brick school building on School Street in the south part of town.
• McAllaster is down to a grain elevator and a house.
• Winona has a roadside city park with restrooms beside US40.

Special Events in Logan County

• Oakley hosts the annual Kansas State Cornhusking Contest in late October.
• Russell Springs has an Old Settlers' Day on the Sunday in Labor Day weekend. There's a parade, pot luck dinner, cow chip throwing contest, and craft fair.
• Russell Springs also hosts the annual Butterfield Trail Ride the first weekend in June. It's a 2 day trail ride, dance, Sunday morning church service, and rodeo.

Logan County School Systems

• USD 274 Oakley (785) 671-4826 Oakley
• USD 275 Triplains (785) 846-7869 Winona

Hospitals

• Logan County Hospital (785) 672-3211
  211 Cherry / Oakley, KS 67748

Libraries

• Oakley Public Library (785) 671-4776
  700 W. Third / Oakley, KS 67748

Museums and Galleries

• Butterfield Trail Museum (785) 751-4242
  P.O. Box 383, Russell Springs, KS 67755
  Open first Tuesday of May through Labor Day
  9:00-noon and 1:00 - 5:00 Tuesday / Saturday
  1:00 - 5:00 Sunday; Closed Monday.
  Housed in a beautiful old courthouse with an incredible view of the Smoky Hill River valley.
   
  
• Fick Fossil & History Museum (785) 671-4839
  700 West Third / Oakley, KS
  9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  From Memorial Day until Labor Date extended hours are:
  Sunday 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
  Fossils, wood carvings, branding irons, wildflowers
   
  
• Keystone Gallery (620) 872-2762
  401 U.S. 83 (between Scott City and Oakley), Scott City, KS 67871
  
   
  Open: Seasonal.
  " Warm weather - Most of the time; Cold Weather - varies."
  Their buffalo sculpture is a good place to take tourist pictures; their fossil fish is intriguing.
  Have free maps to Monument Rocks eight miles east in Gove county.

Newspapers

• Oakley Graphic (785) 672-3228
  118 Center Ave. / Oakley, KS 67448

More Data About Logan County

Genealogy

• Logan County KSGenWeb

Logan County Offices

For more about Logan County contact:

• The Logan County Development Corporation,   (785) 672-4550   FAX: (785) 672-3838
  212 Center Ave., Oakley, KS 67748
• Oakley Area Chamber of Commerce   (785) 672-4862
  216 Center / Oakley, KS 67748