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]

Notable person

• Larry Kehres, athletic director and former football coach for the University of Mount Union

References

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.

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