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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.

Maryville

South Carolina

Basic Information

Type of Place
Independent City or Town
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Strongly Democratic
Unions, Organized Labor?
Don’t Know

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Black Town or Township
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
1930
Still Sundown?

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
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Method of Exclusion

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Main Ethnic Group(s)

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Group(s) Excluded

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Comments

Maryville
For a town of color officially “destroyed” by its state, there’s Maryville, SC, across the Ashley River from Charleston. Its municipal charter was revoked in the 1930’s after the town’s black policeman arrested unruly white youths. The community endured but never regained its rights as a town, and now is threatened by rising values of riverfront real estate