Diamond, Ohio
Diamond is an unincorporated community in eastern Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44412.[1] The community is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area. Interstate 76 travels near Diamond. The village used to be a stop on the New York Central Railroad, but the stop was abandoned in the early 1970s.[2]
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Location of Diamond, Ohio
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View of parts of Diamond from I-76
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
- Larry Kehres, athletic director and former football coach for the University of Mount Union, with the highest winning percentage in college football history.
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References
- Zip Code Lookup
- Harrison, Greg. "Phalanx Station to Minerva". Abandoned Rails.
- "Portage County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- 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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