Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Logansport, IN

Logansport is the county seat of Cass County in north-central Indiana, settled around 1826 and named for James Logan — "Captain Logan" — a Shawnee warrior who served as a scout for the United States in the War of 1812, with the name playing on "Logan's port."

Logansport was incorporated as a city in 1838 and stands at the junction of the Wabash and Eel rivers, a location that made it a natural river port town.

The Wabash and Erie Canal reached Logansport in 1837, and the canal trade supplied the "port" in the city's name during its early boom years.

Logansport had 18,366 residents in the 2020 census, living in 7,022 households.

Logansport's population peaked at 21,626 in 1920, during its era as a busy railroad and canal crossroads.

Hispanic and Latino residents made up 30.4% of Logansport's population in the 2020 census, one of the highest shares for a city of its size in Indiana.

Riverside Park in Logansport is home to a Dentzel Carousel that is one of the three earliest Dentzel menagerie carousels surviving virtually intact, honored as a national landmark — riders still reach for a brass ring, inspiring the local slogan "Grab the brass ring."

Logansport High School's mascot, Felix the Cat, adopted in 1925-26, is the oldest known high school mascot in Indiana, and the school competes in the North Central Conference.

The Historic Michigan Road, one of Indiana's earliest state roads, runs through Logansport.

Inventor Edwin Rutenber of the Rutenber Motor Company built the first four-cylinder automobile engine in Logansport in the early 1900s.