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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.

Princeton

South Carolina

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
1933
Still Sundown?
Don’t Know

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
1980
1990 5059
2000
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Violent Expulsion

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Former South Carolina Resident re: Princeton:
1990: 5,059 total; 266 bl. [MCD; town might be different but isn’t in census]
I’m surprised not to see South Carolina represented on your list yet. The clearest example that comes to mind is Princeton, SC, at the corner of Laurens, Greenville, and Anderson counties. The African American residents of that community were driven out in March 1933, and to the best of my knowledge, it remains all white today.