Indiana
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?
- Surely
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1960 | 2140 | 0 | ||||||
| 1970 | 2376 | 0 | ||||||
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| 1990 | 2872 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2000 | 2978 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |||
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| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Threat of Violence
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Brownstown, the small town ten miles from Seymour, reputedly had a sign at the edge of town, “Nigger don’t let the sun set on your head in Brownstown.”
An Indiana lawyer saw the sign in 1963 while visiting relatives.