Kentucky
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?
- Probable
- Was there an ordinance?
- Sign?
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1960 | 0 | |||||||
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| 1980 | 0 | |||||||
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| 2000 | 627 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | 608 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Email testimony from 02/2014:
“Caneyville, Kentucky should be added to the list. Small south central Kentucky town of about 700 people. Cannot confirm but supposedly still a secret no blacks after dark rule still applies. No black will want to stop there for gas etc. I can guarantee.”