Indiana
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?
- Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
- Year of Greatest Interest
- 1910-20
- Still Sundown?
- Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
| 1870 | ||||||||
| 1880 | ||||||||
| 1890 | ||||||||
| 1900 | 2188 | 65 | ||||||
| 1910 | 2130 | 13 | ||||||
| 1920 | 7 | |||||||
| 1930 | 2265 | 2 | ||||||
| 1940 | 2240 | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | 2027 | 1 | ||||||
| 1960 | 1829 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1970 | 2280 | 3 | ||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 1786 | 1 | ||||||
| 2000 | ||||||||
| 2010 | 1563 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
A former resident who has since deceased told the County Genealogist that there used to be a sign that said, “Nigger don’t let the sun set on you in Troy.”
(Referring to Troy Township, which includes Cannelton and Tell City, IN).