Logan Heights is an urban neighborhood in central

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, California. It is bordered by

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on the south and west,

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on the east, and Imperial Avenue on the north. It is part of the Southeastern Planning Area.

History

In 1871, Congressman John A. Logan wrote legislation to provide federal land grants and subsidies for a transcontinental railroad ending in San Diego. A street laid in 1881 was named Logan Heights after him, and the name came to be applied to the general area. Plans for a railroad never successfully materialized, and the area was predominantly residential by the start of the 20th century, becoming one of San Diego's oldest communities. Its transformation began in 1910 with the influx of refugees of the

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, who soon became the majority ethnic group. For this reason, the southern part of the original Logan Heights neighborhood came to be called Barrio Logan.

Demographics

Logan Heights is home to one of the highest concentrations of Latinos in the City. Current demographics for the neighborhood are as follows: people of Hispanic/Latino heritage make up 87.6%, followed by African-Americans at 7.1%, then non-Hispanic Whites at 3.7%, Asian at 1.4%, and others at 0.1%

Governance

It is part of City Council District 8 and is represented by Councilwoman Vivian Moreno. The city is currently (2010) updating the community plan.

Culture

Barrio Logan is known as the home of

Chicano Park Chicano Park is a park located beneath the San Diego–Coronado Bridge in Barrio Logan, San Diego, Barrio Logan, a predominantly Chicano or Mexican American and Mexico, Mexican-migrant community in central San Diego, California. The park is ho ...

. A new Logan Heights branch of the

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opened in 2007.Logan Heights Library fact sheet
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References

4. sandiegohistory.org/journal, click on Norman Baynard's Logan Heights 1939 - 1985, plus other journals on blacks in Logan Heights and San Diego

External links

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