Indiana
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?
- Surely
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Don’t Know
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
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| 1930 | 2148 | 0 | ||||||
| 1940 | ||||||||
| 1950 | 2538 | 2 | ||||||
| 1960 | 2596 | |||||||
| 1970 | 2864 | 0 | ||||||
| 1980 | 2874 | 0 | ||||||
| 1990 | 2529 | 1 | ||||||
| 2000 | 2652 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 2596 | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
An individual in the 1990s passed through Brookville and had heard that had been a sundown town in the past, with signs. Upon asking a resident in town, the person indicated that, “it indeed had been one.”
A resident of nearby Metamora stated that several black people have been run off in the past. He said there was a sign between New Trenton and Brookville that may have been taken down c.55 years ago. However, as he grew up people pointed out to him exactly where the sign had been and told him exactly what it said, ““Darkie don’t let the sun set on your head”.”