Illinois
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?
- Surely
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
- Year of Greatest Interest
Census Information
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| 1990 | 1404 | 1 | ||||||
| 2000 | 1726 | 1696 | 7 | |||||
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| 2020 | 1938 | 62 | 6 | 71 | 30 | 33 |
Method of Exclusion
- Reputation
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
According to different residents, Athens has always had a Klan presence.
One former resident claims that a sign once warned African Americans to be out of town before dusk.