Blue Diamond, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

37°18′28″N 83°12′57″W / 37.30778°N 83.21583°W / 37.30778; -83.21583CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyPerryElevation

1,007 ft (307 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)GNIS feature ID507530^[1]

Blue Diamond is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.

The town's population was approximately 2,000 during the 1930s. It was a coal town associated with the operation of the Blue Diamond Coal Company mine.^[2]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Diamond, Kentucky
^ "Perry County - General History". Works Progress Administration and Historical Records Survey. Works Progress Administration. 1936. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

Municipalities and communities of Perry County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Hazard

Cities

Buckhorn
Hazard

CDPs

Combs
Diablock
Jeff

Other
unincorporated
communities

Ghost town

Upper Squabble

Former mining towns

Post offices
(and the creeks
they are on)

Lost Creek (includes Lost Creek, Dice, and Engle)
Troublesome Creek (includes Troublesome, Dwarf, Ary, and Rowdy)
Big Creek (includes Avawam, Catur, Begley, and Tug)
North Fork tributaries at Hazard (includes Monos, Butterfly, Lotair, Allais, Airport Gardens, Lennut, Domino, and Combs)