Diamond’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Diamond. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Diamond area's origins lie in a rolling prairie grassland; large remnants of the prairie survive or are being re-seeded as the Diamond Grove Prairie Conservation Area. The origins of the town started with the building of a log house owned by Dr. and Mrs. Leathers. Initially known as Center, a blacksmith's shop opened for business in 1878.
The town changed its name to Diamond when, in 1883, a post office came into operation. The area was named for a diamond-shaped tract of land near the original town site. Mining was historically the primary industry in Diamond.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Diamond’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMoses Carver House: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Diamond
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Diamond, decade by decade
2000
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CommonsDiamond, Missouri - post office2024
CommonsDiamond, Missouri - entrance to Veterans' Memorial Park2024
CommonsDiamond, Missouri - downtown2024
CommonsDiamond, Missouri - downtown with main street2024
CommonsDiamond, Missouri - downtown block2024
CommonsDiamond, Missouri - downtown area2024
CommonsDiamond, Missouri - back of Diamond Memorial Hall2024
CommonsDiamond, Missouri - Veterans' Memorial Park and City Hall2024
CommonsDiamond, Missouri - Sideline Cafe2024
CommonsDiamond, Missouri - Diamond Telephone Office2024
CommonsDiamond, Missouri - Diamond Memorial Hall2024
CommonsDiamond, Missouri - City Hall and Southern Notes Salon & Co2024
LOCBust of George Washington Carver, at a National Park Servic…2020
LOCAn array of barns and silos outside the rural town of Diamo…2020
CommonsMOMap-doton-Diamond2004Nothing in Diamond is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Diamond has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Neosho Colored School in Neosho, 8.9 miles away.
Diamond and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Moses Carver House and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (13) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.