Dimondale is a suburb of Lansing, which is northeast of the village in Ingham County.

The Potawatomi originally had a permanent camp along the Grand River in the Dimondale area before white settlement began in the 1830s.

The local band held the deed to the leased land until the Potowatomie were forced west by the Indian Removal Act.

Isaac M. Dimond came to the area in 1848 and, as one of his enterprises, in 1850 began to construct a dam, just east of Silver Creek on the Grand River near the center of section 15 of Windsor Township.

On August 6, 1856, Hosey Harvey surveyed the village in order for Dimond to have it platted with the name "Dimondale".

In 1878 the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway came through and the area was given a station referring to it as Dimondale.

This occurred after the school district ran into tax issues due to the sparse business landscape in the village.

The final Superintendent for Dimondale was Harvey E. Wood, a school administrator who later moved to Holt's system as the Transportation Manager, then eventually to Ingham Intermediate School District (IISD) as Vice Superintendent.

Dimondale almost merged with the Eaton Rapids School district, however due to Mr. Wood's prior mentor/student relationship with Holt's Superintendent (Maurice Pernert), the merge with Holt's school system took place.

In 1962, Interstate 96 was built through Windsor Township, bringing many new businesses to the area.

"[citation needed] The Dimondale Horseshoe Club was founded in 1964 and the village played host to the 1965 Michigan state tournament.

The greatest horseshoe pitching legend emanating from the clay courts of Dimondale tells how Fred Smith Jr. would have his brother Norman place his chin atop an opposing stake while Fred would proceed to pitch 40-foot (12 m) ringers that would clang just inches below Norman's smiling face.