Georgia
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Possible
- Was there an ordinance?
- Sign?
- Year of Greatest Interest
- 1920
- Still Sundown?
- Probably
Census Information
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Method of Exclusion
- Private Bad Behavior
- Reputation
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
According to a resident of the area in the 1950s, blacks were not allowed in Blairsville (which is in Union Co.) after dark. More confirmation needed.
August 2007
One person reported that their grandmother lived there, part of the last black family that did live there, until 1944 when her mother died and they sold the house. They reported that the family was not mistreated.