Ohio
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Don’t Know
- Unions, Organized Labor?
- Don’t Know
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Probable
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
- Year of Greatest Interest
- 1980s
- Still Sundown?
- Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
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| 1920 | ||||||||
| 1930 | 3130 | 0 | ||||||
| 1940 | 3379 | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | 3801 | 0 | ||||||
| 1960 | 5116 | 1 | ||||||
| 1970 | 6298 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1980 | 7996 | 0 | ||||||
| 1990 | 8055 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| 2000 | 8904 | 28 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 2010 | 9186 | 16 | 15 | 26 | ||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
One source claims that a black family was run out in late 1980s. Another source mentions racially restrictive covenants in Louisville apartment deeds.
A resident of nearby Massillon, OH stated that his father recalled seeing a sign in Louisville that read: “niggers out before dark,” and remembers seeing it until the late 1970’s.
A Louisville resident does not remember a sign, but admits that “many of the neigbors hated blacks..they couldn’t tell you why…” and that “the racism was real.”