[6] Logansport is located in northern Indiana at the junction of the Wabash and Eel rivers, northwest of Kokomo.

[12] Three competing legends claim to tell its origin story, however all accounts agree that Felix was brought into the high school's tradition at some point between 1925 and 1926.

In addition to the Wabash, whose Wabash Cannon Ball stopped in the town,[14] Pennsylvania Railroad trains such as the Union, on the Chicago-Cincinnati and the Chicago-Louisville routes, trains to Pittsburgh via Columbus, along with the Southland to Florida, made stops in Logansport.

Edwin Rutenber started the Western Motor Company after inventing the first four-cylinder automobile engine.

Rutenber was a prolific inventor who held dozens of patents ranging from the first automobile four-cylinder engine and distributor cap system to many electric home appliances, whose modern versions are still in use today.

This designation was bestowed upon Logansport by former First Lady Laura Bush, as one of her last unofficial duties before leaving the White House.

Preserve America Community designations are awarded to communities that: Logan's Landing is a nonprofit economic development organization that focuses on the downtown of Logansport between the junction of the southernmost terminus of the Eel River as it joins the Wabash River.

[20] The farmland to the south is generally flat, but there are some shallow hills to the north and east of Logansport that form a ridge through northern Cass and Miami counties.

McHale PAC plays host to the annual Winter Fantasy Production, as sponsored by a union of the organizations in the Logansport High School Performing Arts Department.

As a modern facility for the performing arts, Loganport's McHale is comparable to similar-sized venues in similar-sized towns and cities throughout the Great Lakes region, such as the Honeywell Center in Wabash, Indiana, The Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater, Michigan, The Croswell Opera House in Adrian, Michigan, The Opera House of Sandwich in Sandwich, Illinois, The Round Barn Theatre in Nappanee, Indiana, and the Williams Theatre on the campus of Purdue-Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne.

The loaning of the facility's equipment is in high demand by many amateur as well as professional venues throughout the state.

The LAA holds annual fine art competitions and shows that draw local and statewide artists.

Little Turtle Waterway is an architect-designed public space and trail system along the Wabash River in downtown Logansport.

Until recent years, to honor its railroad history, Logansport held its annual Iron Horse Festival.

[25] With an enrollment of over 4,500,[26] the corporation utilizes 8 different buildings: Despite also having Felix the Cat as their official mascot (which is considered as Indiana's oldest recognized mascot)[27] and de facto logo throughout academic and athletic programs, the moniker of Logansport High School's athletic teams is the Berries, which is a pun on the city's name vis a vis the loganberry hybrid of a blackberry and a red raspberry.

The basketball gymnasium at Logansport High School furthers the pun by being officially named the Berry Bowl.

The Berry Bowl is connected through the school to the McHale Performing Arts Center which overlooks the adjacent courtyard and entrance hall.

[25] The town is home to two institutions of higher learning, a regional campus of Indiana's Ivy Tech community college that offers associates, and certification, as well as a satellite campus of Trine University offering associates, bachelors, and master's degrees.

[30] According to the website "Indiana's Technology Corridor"[31] the largest employers in the Logansport/Cass County area are: [32][circular reference] Logansport is served by US 35, running northwest-southeast through the town.

Cass Area Transit provides demand-response and deviated fixed-route bus service in the city.