DIAMOND, TX
DIAMOND, TEXAS. Diamond was not a town, but rather a group of oilfield buildings and houses located near a Diamond M refinery in southwest Scurry County. The refinery, originally owned by the Lyon Oil Company, in the mid-1970s was operating within the Diamond M oilfield, named for the nearby Diamond M Ranch. Although the oil area remains, no Diamond community appeared on 1980 county maps.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Hooper Shelton, comp., From Buffalo...to Oil: History of Scurry County, Texas (Snyder, Texas?: Feather, 1973).
Citation
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Charles G. Davis, "DIAMOND, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvd22), accessed May 20, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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