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Logan Heights, San Diego
Logan Heights
Nickname(s): 
"Varrio Logan Heights", "L.H."
Logan Heights is located in the central portion of the city of San Diego and part of the Southeastern Planning Area.
Logan Heights is located in the central portion of the city of San Diego and part of the Southeastern Planning Area.
Logan Heights, San Diego is located in Southern San Diego
Logan Heights, San Diego
Logan Heights, San Diego
Location in Southern San Diego
Country  United States of America
State  California
County San Diego
City San Diego
ZIP Code
92113

Logan Heights is an urban neighborhood in central San Diego, California. It is bordered by Interstate 5 on the south and west, Interstate 15 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 Mexican Revolution, 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.

Logan Heights is home to the most African American churches in any U.S. city from the 1900s to the present 2016. Logan Heights was home to African Americans for over 80 years, before blacks migrated to enclaves such as Emerial Hills, Skyline and Encanto. The African American churches are still being used today throughout Logan Heights for worship on any given Sunday.

Logan Height became largely Hispanic during the 1980s. Barrio Logan was and has always been different from the Logan Heights area. For reference go to San Diego Historical Society web site/Research/Journal.

Culture

Barrio Logan is known as the home of Chicano Park. A new Logan Heights branch of the San Diego Public Library opened in 2007. .

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%

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