Alabama
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
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?
- Surely Not
Census Information
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| 2000 | 5,576 | 4,788 | 413 | 11 | 27 | 738 | 248 | |
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Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Oneonta is located in the Sand Mountain region.
“My father grew up there and claimed Blacks had to
leave town before sundown… Or at least retreat to the
other side of the mountain. He also remembered the
annual KKK picnic to which the whole town was
invited. He and his friends snickered as the Klansmen
marched around in a large circle, in their masks and
robes, because, despite their attempt to remain
anonymous, the boys could recognize their high
school principal by his shoes.”