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Logan

West Virginia, United States
Also known as: Aracoma, Lawnsville
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Logan, city, seat (1826) of Logan county, southwestern West Virginia, U.S. It lies along the Guyandotte River, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Charleston, near the Kentucky border. Laid out in 1824 and known as Lawnsville, it was chartered in 1852 and renamed Aracoma for the eldest daughter of the Shawnee chief Cornstalk, who came to live there in 1765. In 1907 it was rechristened for Logan, a chief of the Mingo. By 1850...

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