The Log Inn
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The Log Inn is a family-style restaurant located in south central Johnson Township
Johnson Township, Gibson County, Indiana
Johnson Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 3,462. Haubstadt is the township seat...

 in Gibson County, Indiana
Gibson County, Indiana
Gibson County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana and is included in the Evansville, Indiana–Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 33,503. The county seat is Princeton.-Geography:...

. It was founded around 1825 by Mr. Henry Haub. During its lifetime it has been used as a host to Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

; a stop on the Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century black slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause. The term is also applied to the abolitionists,...

; a stop on the Dixie Highway, the main road between Chicago and Florida, which eventually became US 41
U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41 is a north–south United States Highway that runs from Miami, Florida to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, was U.S...

. A dance hall was later built above the tavern and store and the complex would later become known as The Log Inn. The Log Inn is officially recognized as the oldest restaurant in Indiana. In recent years, The Log Inn was featured in Food Network
Food Network
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's Best of Viewer's Choice Program.

The Log Inn is located one mile east of U.S. 41 in Warrenton, Indiana
Warrenton, Gibson County, Indiana
Warrenton is an unincorporated town in Johnson Township, Gibson County, Indiana. Warrenton is home to The Log Inn, one of the oldest restaurants in Indiana. It is also home to the Weather Rock COA Campgrounds, 1 mile east....

, at the intersection of County Road 1250 South and County Road 200 East.(38.1735845°N 87.5313699°W) or here {http://loginn.com website}
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