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?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
| 1870 | ||||||||
| 1880 | ||||||||
| 1890 | 2952 | 0 | ||||||
| 1900 | ||||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||
| 1920 | 4383 | 126 | ||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||
| 1940 | 5544 | 2 | ||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||
| 1960 | 9893 | 1 | ||||||
| 1970 | 14,797 | 12 | ||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 17,834 | 142 | ||||||
| 2000 | 19,238 | 310 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
email 3/2008, according to a nearby resident of Dayton
In the 60’s and most of the 70’s Miamisburg definitely had a reputation for not liking African-Americans, even by the standards of us segregated white folk.
A former resident emailed us, “My family moved to Miamisburg, OH when I was in the second grade – about 1963. I can personally verify that at that time there was a crude hand-painted sign coming into town that quoted exactly what you have identified was on so-called “sundown town” signs. Although I am unaware of any local legislation in that regard, it was clear that minorities were discouraged from living in Miamisburg by “average” local citizens. From 1963 until 1971 there were no African American students in my elementary or middle schools. From 1971 until 1975 there were no African American students in the high school.”
According to a former resident: I personally remember a sign on a gas station glass door… It simply read “Niggers NOT Served Here”… That was back in the 1960’s.”
According to a former resident: “In the 1970s’s, my Honors English teacher told the class that there was a sign that stated, “Nigger, don’t let the sun set on your head”. Many of us were shocked at that revelation. He also said that it, the law or ordinance, was just removed from the books in Miamisburg in the 60’s. I was under the opinion it was the late 60’s. I have no idea when the sign was removed. He said that no one had enforced these laws, for some time but were still in the books until there removal in the late 60’s. We had no African Americans in my Graduating Class of ’73 from Miamisburg. A black family did move into Miamisburg. The father became a Miamisburg Rotarian, again a new concept and a big step for Miamisburg.”
According to a former resident: “My family moved to Miamisburg, OH when I was in the second grade – about 1963. I can personally verify that at that time there was a crude hand-painted sign coming into town that quoted exactly what you have identified was on so-called “sundown town” signs. It was clear that minorities were discouraged from living in Miamisburg by “average” local citizens. I graduated in 1975 from Miamisburg High School in a class of about 350 students. From 1963 until 1971 there were no African American students in my elementary or middle schools. From 1971 until 1975 there were no African American students in the high school. In fact, I know of only two students of any ethnic background (Asian) who lived there and attended from 1971 through 1975.”