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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Grosse Pointe Shores

Michigan

Basic Information

Type of Place
Suburb
Metro Area
Detroit
Politics c. 1860?
Unions, Organized Labor?

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Surely
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990 2,955 11
2000 2,823 17
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Realtors
  • Reputation

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black
  • Asian
  • Jewish
  • Other

Comments

Grosse Pointe Shores is one of the five Grosse
Pointes that comprise one of the most exclusive
suburban areas in the country.

Information on the infamous “point system” used by
the five Grosse Pointes can be found in the Grosse
Pointe, MI, entry.

Four of the Grosse Pointes, including Grosse Pointe
Shores, adopted ordinances limiting use of their public
parks to residents only. In 1999, the state of Michigan
declared that the parks must be open to all or the
cities would have to start paying property taxes on the
land. In response, the Grosse Pointes began
undervaluing the park land, in effect paying no taxes.