Diamond, Nova Scotia
Diamond Geography
- Official Name: Diamond
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.631331, -62.976741
Diamond Maps
- NTS Map Number: 011E10
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas: Section 6
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map Number: NS Land Grant map 087
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map Number: 1045600062900 (Millsville)
- Other Maps:
Diamond is a rural community located south of Planfield along the headwaters of West Branch River John. Likely the farmers who chose this name considered their district a gem and this settlement was thus named in Diamond 1892.
The land here was granted to John Nevin and James Stewart who came from Renfrewshire Scotland in 1814, James Stewart in 1815. and Alexander
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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