Official Name: | Diamondville, Wyoming |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Motto: | "A Diamond in the Rough" |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Wyoming |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lincoln |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.03 |
Area Land Km2: | 3.02 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.17 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.17 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 520 |
Population Density Km2: | 250.53 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 648.67 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation M: | 2101 |
Elevation Ft: | 6893 |
Coordinates: | 41.7753°N -110.5381°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 83116 |
Area Code: | 307 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 56-20110[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1587599[3] |
Pop Est Footnotes: | [4] |
Diamondville is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States, often used as a suburb of neighboring Kemmerer. The population was 520 at the 2020 census.
Harrison Church discovered coal near the Hams Fork River in 1868. He gathered financial backing from a group in Minneapolis, and they formed the Hams Fork River Coal Company. Diamondville was built to house the miners, and the town was incorporated in 1896.[5]
The town was named for the superior-grade coal that came from the local mines. The coal resembled black diamonds.[5]
Diamondville is located at 41.7753°N -110.5381°W (41.775192, -110.537989).[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.17sqmi, all land.[7]
As of the census[8] of 2010, there were 737 people, 320 households, and 203 families living in the town. The population density was 629.9PD/sqmi. There were 363 housing units at an average density of 310.3/sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 93.4% White, 0.1% African American, 0.7% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 2.8% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.1% of the population.
There were 320 households, of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.6% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.86.
The median age in the town was 42.5 years. 21% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.5% were from 25 to 44; 33.5% were from 45 to 64; and 14.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.