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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.

Simsbury

Connecticut

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?
Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Surely Not

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900 2094
1910 2537
1920 2958
1930 3625
1940 3941
1950 4822
1960 10138
1970 17475
1980
1990
2000 23234 271 20 493
2010 23511 405 21 889
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Realtors

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

A CT resident familiar with Canterbury was told that a black person was rebuffed in attempts to buy a house in the town.