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
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1930 | 1818 | 11 | ||||||
| 1940 | 2001 | 5 | ||||||
| 1950 | 2478 | 3 | ||||||
| 1960 | 3154 | 2 | ||||||
| 1970 | 3991 | 1 | 23 | |||||
| 1980 | 4434 | 0 | ||||||
| 1990 | 4392 | 12 | ||||||
| 2000 | 5093 | 22 | 1 | 23 | ||||
| 2010 | 5148 | 41 | 11 | 32 | ||||
| 2020 | 5093 | 82 | 70 | 96 | 111 | 120 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
A former Ohio resident suspected Chardon to be a sundown town and added the following thought to his suspicion: “Chardon, seat of Geauga county, I’ll bet [it is] still a de facto sundown town, i.e., driving while black attracts unwanted attention from police and others.”