Bryan Co., OK; Town of Diamond - History 

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Submitted by the Bryan County Heritage Library 
Located in Calera, OK
Written by Mrs. James Mullens		 
Typed for the archives by Trudy Marlow 
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DIAMOND, OKLAHOMA

On January 10, 1910, at 10:00 A.M., W.D. and Ethel Diamond 
filed a map of Diamond, Okla., in the office of the Register of 
Deeds, Bryan County, Okla. They had carefully surveyed and staked 
the town. 

The land had been allotted to Marie Jane Ady, a Choctaw 
Indian, by the Commission the Five Civilized Tribes. She sold it to 
W. D. Diamond August 13, 1908. 

Diamond was located about 7 miles north Durant near Blue 
River. 

The Diamonds expected the M.O.&G. Railroad depot to be built 
on this site. There was a storage building for railroad hand-cars 
already built.

The Diamond Post Office was established June 25, 1910, with 
Florence Franklin as postmistress and was discontinued June 30, 
1912.  The mail then went to Kenefic, Okla.

When the town failed to materialize, the Diamonds refunded 
money to the people who had bought lots and abandoned the townsite.  
It was then returned to agricultural use. 

On April 17,1919, Joseph Chapman McDonough bought the land 
from the Diamond heirs. Upon his death it was deeded to his son 
William Franklin McDonough as his part of the family estate. (See 
William Franklin McDonough Family in Bryan County Heritage -book.)

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Written by Mrs. James Mullens