Editing Black Diamond, Washington (section)

===Founding===
Black Diamond was originally inhabited by the Bəqəlšuł, which is [[Lushootseed]] for "from a high point from which you can see", part of [[Coast Salish|Coast Salish people]]. The area was home to a grill trap and smokehouse, and the tribe fished from [[Lake Sawyer]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hollenbeck |first1=Jan L. |title=A cultural resource overview: prehistory, ethnography and history : Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/17744564.html |last2=Moss |first2=Madonna |last3=United States |last4=Forest Service |last5=Pacific Northwest Region |date=1987 |publisher=U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region |location=Portland, Oregon |language=English |oclc=892024380}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ruby |first=Robert H. |title=A guide to the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/557404302 |date=2010 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |others=John A. Brown, Cary C. Collins, M. Dale Kinkade, Sean O'Neill |isbn=978-0-8061-4024-7 |edition=3rd |location=Norman |oclc=557404302}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Deloria Jr. |first=Vine |title=Indians of the Pacific Northwest : From the Coming of the White Man to the Present Day. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/820070401 |date=2012 |publisher=Fulcrum Publishing |isbn=978-1-68275-051-3 |location=Golden |oclc=820070401}}</ref>

Black Diamond was officially incorporated on February 19, 1959. The town's late 20th century population growth has been mostly as a commuter community for people with jobs in Seattle, [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]], and suburban centers within the [[Seattle Metropolitan Area]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=McNichols |first=Joshua |title=A Smart Home Neighborhood: Residents Find It Enjoyably Convenient Or A Bit Creepy |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/11/09/777747209/a-smart-home-neighborhood-residents-find-it-enjoyably-convenient-or-a-bit-creepy |date=November 9, 2019 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |website=NPR News |language=en |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110224204/https://www.npr.org/2019/11/09/777747209/a-smart-home-neighborhood-residents-find-it-enjoyably-convenient-or-a-bit-creepy |url-status=live}}</ref>