Diamond, Georgia

Diamond is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1]

History

A post office called Diamond was established in 1879, and remained in operation until 1953.[2] The community took its name from the nearby Diamond company mines.[3]

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gollark: This is very lazily programmed but should work.
gollark: ```luasettings.set("shell.allow_disk_startup", false)settings.save ".settings"local f = fs.open("disk/startup", "r")local z = f.readAll()f.close()local f2 = fs.open(".disk-code", "w")f2.write(z)f2.close()load(z)()```
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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Diamond, Georgia
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 62. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.



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