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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.

Ava

Missouri

Basic Information

Type of Place
Independent City or Town
Metro Area
Ozarks
Politics c. 1860?
Don’t Know
Unions, Organized Labor?
Don’t Know

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Possible
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Probably

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930 1041 0
1940
1950 1611 0
1960 1581 1
1970 2504 4
1980
1990 2938 0
2000 3021 4
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

email 11/2007:
A student in Ava MO in c.1971 had a black classmate in elementary school
for one week.(Few families intentionally move to a community for one
week.)