Black Diamond, Washington
| Black Diamond, Washington | |
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| City | |
 Location of Black Diamond, Washington |
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| Coordinates: 47°19′4″N 122°0′53″W / 47.31778°N 122.01472°WCoordinates: 47°19′4″N 122°0′53″W / 47.31778°N 122.01472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | King |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.66 sq mi (17.25 km2) |
| • Land | 6.02 sq mi (15.59 km2) |
| • Water | 0.64 sq mi (1.66 km2) |
| Elevation | 653 ft (199 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,151 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 4,376 |
| • Density | 689.5/sq mi (266.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 98010 |
| Area code(s) | 360 |
| FIPS code | 53-06330 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1516603 |
| Website | www.ci.blackdiamond.wa.us |
Black Diamond is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 4,151 at the 2010 census.
Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Black Diamond ranks 64th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
Black Diamond was officially incorporated on February 19, 1959.
Beginning in the 1880s Black Diamond was a rural coal mining area, developed by the Black Diamond Coal Mining Company of California, which owned and operated the mine. The original residents were largely composed of former workers, from the company's previous coal mining operation in Nortonville, California, which primarily sold coal to the thriving new metropolis of San Francisco. A combination of low quality coal from the Nortonville mines, water intrusion into the workings there, and the discovery and economical transport of higher-quality Washington coal to San Francisco spelled the demise of Nortonville in the early 1880s. The town was home to around 3,500 people by the early 1900s, many of them European immigrants; most of the working men were involved in producing coal. This coal was transported to Seattle via the Pacific Coast Coal train. Before 1911, the miners were affiliated with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), but by March 1911 had left en masse to join the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
After World War I, the town shut down the mine as it was no longer viable. However a second mining boom spurred growth in the town in the early 1930s on the strength of multiple mining operations promoted by the Morris brothers through the Palmer Coking Coal Company. Mining has continued until recently through the Pacific Coast Coal Company, formerly of San Francisco. The prospect of future mining operations remains strong.
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