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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.

East Prairie

Missouri

Basic Information

Type of Place
Independent City or Town
Metro Area
Boot Heel/SE
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

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 1385 0
1940
1950 3033 0
1960 3449 0
1970 3275 0
1980
1990 3416 35
2000 3227 73
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Bl. caller to St. L. radio station, November 21, 2005: They had a huge sundown sign, billboard. My father leased farmland near there and we lived there for three years, had a lot of trouble every time we went into town.