West Virginia
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?
- Probable
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
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| 1900 | ||||||||
| 1910 | 3184 | 11 | ||||||
| 1920 | 3283 | 11 | ||||||
| 1930 | 3701 | |||||||
| 1940 | ||||||||
| 1950 | 3758 | 9 | ||||||
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| 1990 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 2592 | 4 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- English
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
No clear reason is known why Chester has had such a small minority population. Interestingly, other towns nearby do not have the same situation. East Liverpool is across the Ohio River and Weirton is further down the Ohio, and both have large minority populations.