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?
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
| 1870 | ||||||||
| 1880 | ||||||||
| 1890 | ||||||||
| 1900 | ||||||||
| 1910 | 1187 | |||||||
| 1920 | 1336 | |||||||
| 1930 | 1403 | 0 | ||||||
| 1940 | 1653 | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | 1908 | 2 | ||||||
| 1960 | 3184 | 0 | ||||||
| 1970 | 4403 | 0 | ||||||
| 1980 | 4322 | 8 | ||||||
| 1990 | 4602 | 1 | ||||||
| 2000 | 4903 | 0 | 6 | 27 | ||||
| 2010 | 5884 | 24 | 8 | 55 | ||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Email testimony from 02/24/2014 claims Brooksville to still be sundown town: “Surely is still a sundown town. Just put up at public transportation bench in the small town and panic set in worrying the blacks will “infest the town.” Very sad. If a black student enters Brookville’s school district, chances are they transfer to Northmont to avoid the terrible bullying. Very sad place.”
A county employee points out that “Brookeville is one of the most racist communities in Ohio. Is still a sundown town, I’m a county employee and these people don’t like seeing me at night… .”