Diamond Point is a settlement of perhaps 200 homes located on the Northwest corner of the Miller Peninsula, about halfway between Sequim and Port Townsend and four miles north of Highway 101. A large proportion of the present inhabitants are retirees. The North side has high bluffs overlooking the Straits toward Protection Island and the San Juans. The East side bluffs overlook Discovery Bay. Either way the views are magnificent.
Houses further from the water are generally located among mature evergreeen trees. Still further back comes largely uninhabited forest lands. To the south and west, the community is bordered by at least two miles of forest. I hope it stays that way.
An interesting feature of the present Diamond Point is a small, but active, private airport located at the top of the bluffs. Several current residents are retired pilots. Some have built houses with airplane hangars in the area around the runway, and drivers using the streets must watch for taxiing airplanes as well as deer. On any clear day one can watch the small planes and imagine the joy of the pilots as they float around amongst the beautiful sights.
When white settlers first arrived in the area there was an Indian village at the point. The Indians were unfortunately decimated by Euopean diseases and the village abandoned. In 1892, the Federal Government opened a quarantine station there. Incoming ships were boarded in the Straits and if disease was found among those on Board, the crew was quarantined at Diamond Point. A hospital and several outlying buildings were erected.
The quarantine station was closed in the 1930's. Most of the buildings were eventually destroyed by fires. The only remaining substantial structure is the original Doctor's house, now an unusual and attractive private residence.
The area remained rural and undeveloped until the late 1960s when a developer subdivided and sold lots. Since then the population has gradually risen to its present levels.