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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Shawnee

Ohio

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
1880
1890 3265 1
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940 1475 0
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990 742 0
2000 607 0
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

A resident of Logan, OH said: “I was told by my parents that Shawnee was a sundown town, and that a village less than 2 miles away from Shawnee, New Straitsville, had signs posted excluding blacks. It was always explained to me that towns such as Shawnee, New Straitsville, and Corning were coal mining towns. They needed labor and allowed blacks. The blacks were all required to live in Rendville, Ohio. The surounding towns all became sundown towns.”