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?
- Probable
- 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 | |
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| 1860 | ||||||||
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| 1930 | 1629 | 0 | ||||||
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| 1950 | 2019 | 0 | ||||||
| 1960 | 2337 | 0 | ||||||
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| 1980 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 2197 | 0 | ||||||
| 2000 | 1994 | 5 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Message: 01/07/2008
I lived in a town called Oberlin Kansas. I don’t believe that it was a technical sundown town, but there was a family of migrant farmers who had car trouble. My dad got the Spanish teacher so they could
communicate. During this time the Under Sheriff came by, and told them to be out of town by sundown. He was also an arrogant jerk. I don’t believe that it was a technical sundown town. My dad also lived around this town during the 60’s. I think the main reason there were no black people in that town was that the economy of Oberlin was really fading. The main source of income was farming. The towns that had a better economy and non farming jobs. I also had a friend that was a Highway Patrol officer, and a classmate’s father was a part of the city police. They didn’t share those beliefs. Most people that graduated from H.S. did not stay there. I think it was mainly just a bigoted under sheriff.