Diamond City, North Carolina

Diamond City was a settlement on the eastern end of Shackleford Banks, in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

Due to the San Ciriaco hurricane that struck in August 1899, the approximately 500 residents of the settlement and island decided to move.

[1] The last of the residents had left by 1902, and even relocated houses to nearby places such as Harkers Island, Salter Path and Morehead City.

[3] Cape Lookout and the Shackleford Banks in North Carolina were the sites of the only shore-based whaling stations on the Eastern United States south of New York.

[5][4] Between Cape Lookout and Shackleford Banks was the settlement of Diamond City, the largest town in the area with a permanent population of around 500.