West Virginia
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Was there an ordinance?
- Sign?
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
Census Information
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Method of Exclusion
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
Comments
Built by the U.S. govt. under FDR and with particular input from Eleanor. Residents had to be white. Other sundown towns created by the FDR administration include Greenbelt, MD, Green Hills, OH, and Greendale, WI; Boulder, NV; Hancock, WA; and Norris, TN; among others.