Location of Diamond, Ohio
Location of Diamond, Ohio
View of parts of Diamond from I-76

Diamond is an unincorporated community in eastern Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44412.[1] 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.[2]

A post office called Diamond has been in operation since 1880.[3] Diamond was originally a coal mining community, and the Black Diamond Coal Company operated there.[4]

Notable person

References

  1. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  2. Harrison, Greg. "Phalanx Station to Minerva". Abandoned Rails.
  3. "Portage County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  4. 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.

41°05′56″N 81°01′22″W / 41.09889°N 81.02278°W / 41.09889; -81.02278


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