Logan, North Dakota. Logan is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Ward County, North Dakota, United States. Its population was 194 as of the 2010 census. US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990.
Who invented playing cards and what is the origin of 'Hearts', 'Diamonds', 'Clubs' and 'Spades'? PLAYING cards were invented by the Chinese before AD1000. They reached Europe around 1360, not directly from China but from the Mameluke empire of Egypt. The history of suitmarks demonstrates a fascinating interplay between words, shapes and concepts.
c.1400, playing card, from Middle French carte (14c.), from Latin charta leaf of paper, tablet, from Greek khartes layer of papyrus, probably from Egyptian. Form influenced after 14c. by Italian carta (see chart (n.)). Sense of playing cards also is oldest in French. Sense in English extended by 1590s to similar small, flat, stiff bits of paper. Meaning printed ornamental greetings for special occasions is from 1869. Application to clever or original persons (1836, originally with an adjective, e.g. smart card) is from the playing-card sense, via expressions such as sure card an expedient certain to attain an object (c.1560). Card table is from 1713. Card-sharper is 1859.