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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.

Ely

Nevada

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?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970 4176 5
1980
1990 4756 130
2000 4041 13 126
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Native American

Comments

A visitor to Nevada writes,
%u2018I understand some towns in Nevada required Native American people to be outside the town limits by sundown. Ely, Nevada was one. About 3 years ago when I was there a woman said her grandmother told her that Indian people had to be out of Ely by sundown. The nearest reservation is the Duckwater Shoshone reservation that today is about a 45-minute drive.%u201D