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Welcome to Diamond ...The village of Diamond is primarily located in Grundy County<1>. A portion of Diamond extends into Will County. The location of Diamond has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Diamond, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Diamond has a population of 2,502 people<3> (see below for details). Diamond is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Diamond lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Diamond: (815) & (779)<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Diamond had an population of 2,502 people. This is a decrease of 0.99% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 79.61% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Diamond had a population of 2,527 people (which is 5.05% of the total population of Grundy County). This makes Diamond the county's 5th most populous community. The population of Diamond represents 0.02% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 448th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,527 people, the population of Diamond increased 81.41% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,393 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Diamond. Communities Also Named Diamond ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Diamond - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, British Columbia, California (3), Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nevada, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (3) and Wyoming (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Diamond. Communities near Diamond ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Diamond.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Diamond. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Diamond. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Diamond. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Diamond. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Diamond. See our Newspapers Page for Diamond. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Diamond ...Looking for more information about Diamond? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Diamond, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Diamond. Adding Diamond to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Diamond in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Diamond was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Diamond on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1881). For more details, see References and Mentions for Diamond. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Diamond. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Grundy County: www.grundyco.org/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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