Texas
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Don’t Know
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Was there an ordinance?
- Sign?
- Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
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| 1920 | ||||||||
| 1930 | 2352 | 0 | ||||||
| 1940 | 2605 | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | 3022 | 0 | ||||||
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| 1990 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 3,198 | 2,993 | 8 | |||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Threat of Violence
- Police or Other Official Action
- Reputation
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Sign reported to say: “Niggers, don’t let the sun set on your ass in this town.” (Or something very close to that.) There was also a path that went around the town and a large arrow painted on the offensive sign, pointing to the path.
There are short references to an “expulsion” from Nocona at the Bowie library.
A former resident remembers signs in the 1950s-1960s at the entrance of Montague County announcing, “Black man, don’t let the sun set on you in Montague County.” His parents also recall considerable violence in the 1920s and an expulsion occurred in Montague County afterwards. Nocona is located in Montague County.