Diamond City | |
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  Diamond City Location of Diamond City  Diamond City Diamond City (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 49°47′53″N 112°50′46″W / 49.798°N 112.846°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Southern Alberta |
| Census division | 2 |
| Municipal district | Lethbridge County |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Governing body | Lethbridge County Council |
| Area (2021)[1] | |
| • Land | 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 204 |
| • Density | 398/km2 (1,030/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Area code(s) | 403, 587, 825 |
Diamond City is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Lethbridge County.[2] It is located on Highway 25, approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Lethbridge. The community was so named on account of deposits of coal near the original town site, a resource also called "black diamond".[3]
Diamond City was first settled at the turn of the 20th century by farmers, ranchers and miners. The community grew rapidly when a coal mine was opened in 1905.[4] Previously an incorporated town, Diamond City dissolved on June 30, 1937.[5]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
2021censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 42.
- ^ Coyote Flats Historical Society (1967). Coyote Flats : historical review, 1905-1965. Volume 1. Lethbridge: Southern Printing. p. 374.
- ^ "The Alberta Gazette, 1937 (Volume 33) – The Town of Diamond City Reverted to the Status of a Villages and the Said Village, Dissolved and Reverted to the Status of a Hamlet". Government of Alberta. June 16, 1937. p. 678. Retrieved October 11, 2015.[permanent dead link]