Diamond, Ohio

Location of Diamond, Ohio
Location of Diamond, Ohio

Diamond is an unincorporated community in eastern Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio, United States.[1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 44412.[2] The community is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area. Interstate 76 travels near Diamond. The town used to be a stop on the New York Central Railroad, but the stop was abandoned in the early 1970s.[3]

View of parts of Diamond from I-76

A post office called Diamond has been in operation since 1880.[4] Diamond was originally a coal mining community, and the Black Diamond Coal Company operated there.[5]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Diamond, Ohio
  2. ^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  3. ^ Harrison, Greg. "Phalanx Station to Minerva". Abandoned Rails.
  4. ^ "Portage County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  5. ^ Brown, Robert C.; Norris, J. E. (1885). History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc. Warner, Beers & Company. p. 504.