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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Barnes County

North Dakota

Basic Information

Type of Place
County
Metro Area
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?
Don’t Know

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890 7,045 0
1900 13159 3
1910
1920 18,678
1930 18,804 0
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000 11,775 53
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

We have no historical info. and realize that the county’s population peaked c.1920. Nevertheless, Barnes is not remote (for ND!), and its absence of blacks in 1930 raises suspicion.