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?
- Surely
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Surely Not
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
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| 1920 | ||||||||
| 1930 | 2838 | 0 | ||||||
| 1940 | 3065 | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||
| 1960 | ||||||||
| 1970 | 3799 | 0 | ||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 4720 | 1 | ||||||
| 2000 | 6033 | 1 | 68 | 8 | 74 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 6520 | 21 | 112 | 15 | ||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Reputation
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
A former Batesville resident doesn’t recall an ordinance or law in Batesville prohibiting blacks, however, townspeople are still knowledge about behaviors. One man who grew up next to a lumber yard and would visit the black truckers who were delivering lumber. He said they always rushed to get unloaded and out of town before dark.
She also remembers as a girl hearing about a prominent family in town who employed black maids, chefs, chauffeurs for business functions. Those employees were told to never be on the streets at night.
Another person told her about a black maid/housekeeper who worked for that same family on a more permanent basis. She would only go outdoors to attend the earliest Mass at the local Catholic church. It was dark at that time of the morning a good part of the year.