The area was once part of the plantation of James Logan, adviser to William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania.

[1] Modern transportation formed the community: the Broad Street subway, which opened in 1928, and a thriving network of streetcar and bus routes, allowed development of what was then considered one of the earliest suburban communities in Philadelphia, though the area is considered urban today.

[2] In 1980, the Fishers Lane Historic District was created, certifying 12 Second Empire and Italianate architecture style buildings.

As of the census of 2010, the racial makeup of Logan is 59.7% African American, 29.1% Hispanic, 5.4% Asian, 3.9% white, and 2% from other races.

[4][failed verification] The population of Logan decreased by 14% between the 1990 and 2000 censuses, in large part because of the razing of numerous row homes in the Southern portion of the neighborhood, which had sunk into the landfill on which they were built.

The Stenton is the former home of James Logan, colonial Mayor of Philadelphia and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Four block commercial districts of retailers and neighborhood businesses stretch along Broad Street and the parallel Old York Road.