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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.

Brookville

Ohio

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?
Possible
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People

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 1187
1920 1336
1930 1403 0
1940 1653 0
1950 1908 2
1960 3184 0
1970 4403 0
1980 4322 8
1990 4602 1
2000 4903 0 6 27
2010 5884 24 8 55
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Email testimony from 02/24/2014 claims Brooksville to still be sundown town: “Surely is still a sundown town. Just put up at public transportation bench in the small town and panic set in worrying the blacks will “infest the town.” Very sad. If a black student enters Brookville’s school district, chances are they transfer to Northmont to avoid the terrible bullying. Very sad place.”

A county employee points out that “Brookeville is one of the most racist communities in Ohio. Is still a sundown town, I’m a county employee and these people don’t like seeing me at night… .”