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is a city in Cache County, Utah, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 42,670, a substantial increase over the 1990 figure of 32,771. By 2007, the population is estimated to have increased to 47,965. The Logan metropolitan area contains an estimated 125,070 residents. It is the county seat of Cache County.
Logan is the principal city of the Logan, UT-ID Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cache County in Utah and Franklin County in Idaho. In 2005 and 2007, Morgan Quitno declared the Logan metropolitan area the safest in the United States.
Logan is located in northern Utah, north of Ogden on the Logan River; it is about 82 miles (130 km) north of Salt Lake City. The city was founded in 1859 by Mormon settlers and is the location of the Logan Utah Temple which was dedicated in 1884. It is home to the main campus of Utah State University, founded in 1888, and is often known as a college town. It is also a major producer of cheese and other dairy products.