Diamond, Indiana
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Diamond, Indiana
|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|image_map = Map of Indiana highlighting Parke County.svg
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|map_caption = Parke County's location in Indiana
|pushpin_map = USA Indiana Parke County
|pushpin_label = Diamond
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Parke County
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Parke
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Raccoon
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2017-04-16|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}
|elevation_m = 194
|elevation_ft = 636
|coordinates = {{coord|39|36|41|N|87|09|58|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 47874
|area_code = 765
|blank_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:433527 433527]
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Diamond, also known as Caseyville, is an unincorporated community in southern Raccoon Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|433527}} | title = Diamond, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | access-date = July 19, 2017}}
History
Diamond was platted in 1893 as a coal town.{{cite book|title=History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofparkeve00bfbo#page/212/mode/2up|date=1913|publisher=B.F. Bowen & Cos|page=212}} The community's name alludes to the diamond-shaped deposits of coal.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=...renamed Diamond for the coal, "black diamond"...}}
Geography
Diamond is located at {{coord|39|36|41|N|87|09|58|W|type:city}} at an elevation of 636 feet.
References
{{Parke County, Indiana}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Parke County, Indiana
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