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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Cherokee County

Georgia

Basic Information

Type of Place
County
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Strongly Democratic
Unions, Organized Labor?
Don’t Know

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Always Biracial
Was there an ordinance?
No
Sign?
No
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Surely Not

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900 1285
1910 1168
1920 890
1930 972
1940
1950
1960 902
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

Comments

Cherokee County never went sundown, even though counties north and east did.