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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.

Braintree

Massachusetts

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?
Possible
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860 3468 3468
1870 3948
1880 3855
1890 4848 4840 5
1900 5981 5954 22 5
1910 8066 8052 10 4
1920 10580 10567 9 4
1930 15712 15689 22 1
1940 16378 16372 5 1
1950 23161
1960 31069 31007 29 23 5 5
1970 35050 34911 69 41 6 23
1980 36337
1990 33836 32964 204 527 32 109
2000 33828
2010 35744
2020 39143

Method of Exclusion

  • Zoning

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black
  • Jewish

Comments

“When I was a kid in the 40s in Boston, I know my
parents had gentile friends (‘aunt’ and ‘uncle’) who
lived in Braintree, Mass. and had restrictive covenants
(the whole town apparently) against Jews.”
-posted to the web, 2002