The community is named for John Alexander “Black Jack” Logan, a Union Army General who was behind the establishment of Memorial Day as an American national holiday.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 26.929 square miles (69.747 km 2), including 21.925 square miles (56.786 km 2) of land and 5.004 square miles (12.961 km 2) of water (18.58%).īeckett (with a 2010 Census population of 4,847 ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Logan Township.
That name lasted just less than a year, as the name was changed to Logan Township as of March 6, 1878. Logan Township was originally formed as West Woolwich Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 7, 1877, from portions of Woolwich Township. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township’s population was 6,042, reflecting an increase of 10 (+0.2%) from the 6,032 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 885 (+17.2%) from the 5,147 counted in the 1990 Census.
Logan Township is a township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.
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