It is one of several ghost towns situated within the 125,000 acre acoustic buffer zone of NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center.

[2] Formerly known as Cabanage Latanier, meaning "palmetto camp", much of the early European history is unknown.

[5] At the time it was America's largest lumber company, employing 1,200 men, using over 20 barges and four two-masted schooners, and at its peak supporting a community of over 3,000 people.

By then, all of the usable and merchantable lumber had been exhausted, and the town population rapidly declined, along with its industrial importance.

Along the trail you can find many signs telling Logtown's history and even see remnants of the historic Dummy Line railroad.