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History · Diamond Bluff

Diamond Bluff’s post office opened in 1855, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1944 on.

1855first post office
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Quick answers

How Diamond Bluff began

When was Diamond Bluff founded?

1855

The Diamond Bluff post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 478171 years
Founding year: the first Diamond Bluff post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Diamond Bluff’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Diamond Bluff’s history is told.

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The story so far

Diamond Bluff, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Diamond Bluff yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Diamond Bluff is a town in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 478 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1855. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 469 in 2010, 478 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Diamond Bluff, 1855 to 1957

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Diamond Bluff post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1944On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1957Post officeThe Diamond Bluff post office closes
By decade

Diamond Bluff, decade by decade

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On the map

Diamond Bluff on the map, 1944 to 1974

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Diamond Bluff. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Diamond Bluff on the 1944 USGS mapDiamond Bluff on the 1952 USGS mapDiamond Bluff on the 1974 USGS map1944Red Wing sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Diamond Bluff.

Famous people

Famous people close to Diamond Bluff

Nobody well known was born in Diamond Bluff itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Patrick FluegerAmerican actor · b. 1983
Derek StepanAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1990
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Frances Theresa DensmoreAmerican anthropologist and ethnologist · b. 1867
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Mark Steven JohnsonAmerican film director and writer · b. 1964
Harry OliverAmerican art director · b. 1888
Anna DodgeActress · b. 1867
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Diamond Bluff had its own post office from 1855 to 1957.

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1cemetery inside Diamond Bluff
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Diamond Bluff’s history

What year was Diamond Bluff founded?

The Diamond Bluff post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.