Kansas
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?
- Possible
- 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
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1930 | 2153 | 2 | ||||||
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| 1950 | 3859 | 1 | ||||||
| 1960 | 4210 | 0 | ||||||
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| 1990 | 5396 | 28 | ||||||
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| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
About Town: Colby
State: KS
Message: I graduated from Colby Community High School in 1959. I am sure there were no signs at the city limits stating that blacks (negroes) were not allowed to stay overnight.
I do remember that Marion Anderson was scheduled to sing in Colby with the Community Concert series, but canceled when she learned she would not be allowed to stay overnight.
I also recall that Colby was a meal stop for the Greyhound bus. Blacks were allowed to come into the restaurant and order, but somehow never got their food before it was time for the bus to leave.
We saw occasional Hispanics during harvest time — who were working with custom-cutting crews, but I think they stayed outside the city limits.