Illinois
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Surely
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
- Year of Greatest Interest
Census Information
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| 1990 | 2914 | |||||||
| 2000 | 2942 | 2903 | 13 | |||||
| 2010 | 2769 | 12 | 4 | |||||
| 2020 | 2375 | 28 | 2 | 35 | 28 | 56 |
Method of Exclusion
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
Comments
Casey is a Sundown town. At one time there was a sign at the West of town saying something like: Nigger(Negro) don’t let the sun shine on your back. (According to a local resident)