Illinois
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- County
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Surely
- Was there an ordinance?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- Sign?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
Census Information
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| 2000 | 6950 | 1265 | ||||||
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Method of Exclusion
- Violence Towards Newcomers
- Private Bad Behavior
- Reputation
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
Comments
Though there were significant numbers of Blacks in the population of Brown County during the 2000 census, only three of them were in households. The discrepency is because of the Western Illinois Correctional Facility which opened in 1989. Otherwise this county has been extremely white.