Logansport is an
unincorporated community
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in northwestern
Butler County in south-central
Kentucky
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,
United States
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. Logansport is part of the Bowling Green
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.
Geography
Logansport is located about northwest of
Morgantown.
Transportation
Logansport is served by two state-maintained highways in the area.
Kentucky Route 269 (KY 269) connects the area to
U.S. 231 in southern
Ohio County via Reed's Ferry on the
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.
KY 403 connects Logansport directly to downtown Morgantown to the southeast.
KY 403 previously connected directly to the southern Ohio County community of
Cromwell
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to the north via ferry until sometime in the mid-1960s.
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The town can also be accessed from Interstate 165 (I-165; formerly the William H. Natcher Parkway) via the Morgantown exits at mile markers 26 and 27.
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Education
Students in Logansport attend Butler County Schools in Morgantown, Kentucky
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History
The settlement may have originally been called Funkhouser Hill after Christopher ...
, including Butler County Middle and high schools. Morgantown Elementary is the closest elementary school to the area.
Prior to the 1960s, students living in Logansport attended the independently-operated Big Hill School, which was located halfway between Logansport and Morgantown.
Nearby cities
*Aberdeen
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*Cromwell
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*Beaver Dam
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* Morgantown
*Rochester
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*Rochester, Kent
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References
Unincorporated communities in Butler County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
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