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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

We mourn the loss of our friend and colleague and remain committed to the work he began.

New Martinsville

West Virginia

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?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Probably

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870 260 0
1880 778
1890 692
1900 1089
1910
1920 2341
1930 2814
1940
1950 4084 4
1960
1970 6528 0
1980
1990 6705 8
2000 5984 3
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

A local librarian told me that I “hit the nail on the head.”She explained that the town does have Indian doctors, but for whatever reason there are very few black families. Her thought was that the lack of minority population might stem from New Martinsville’s location; there aren’t any cities nearby and therefore nothing to draw people to the town. “We knew everybody in town, but it’s not that way anymore.”