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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Lincoln County

West Virginia

Basic Information

Type of Place
County
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
1940
Still Sundown?
Don’t Know

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 20,491 60
1920
1930
1940 22,886 0
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000 22,108 41
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Email interview with resident of a nearby town: “Two of our close friends who are black told me that the sundown rule was important in Lincoln County, and they would never go there with me, daylight or not.”

A public employee in Lincoln County said that there was an African American employee of the water company who was run out of town. She also said that there was a racial incident not too long ago involving a black man and a white woman living together. Some of the community members threatened to burn down the house, and the couple left town.