Bolton

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?

Possible

Was there an ordinance?

Don't Know

Sign?

Don’t Know

Year of Greatest Interest

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present

	Total	White	Black	Asian	Native	Hispanic	Other	BHshld
1860	1348	1341	7
1870	1014
1880	903
1890	827
1900	770
1910	764
1920	708
1930	764	757	7
1940	775	769	6
1950	956
1960	1264	1261	3
1970	1905	1894	3				8
1980	2530
1990	3134	3092	7	33	2			2
2000	4148	4055	8		2			2
2010	4897		44
2020	5665

Method of Exclusion

• Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

• Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

• Black

Comments

Email from a longtime resident:
11/2010
“My son is a H.S. junior in Bolton,MA. Just today his history teacher mentioned sundown towns and noted that Bolton (and Maynard) HAD the reputation of being sundown towns years ago. This is the reason I stumbled upon your WEB site. I’ve lived in Bolton since 1986. I’m 54 years old and a white male. Yes, the town is largely inhabited by white residents but I’ve never sensed any racism or hostility toward any ethnic, racial, or religious group or toward gays or lesbian couples who have lived here…I sure hope that Bolton is no longer a sundown town.”

The town was involved in abolitionist and anti-slavery causes.