Wisconsin
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?
- Possible
- Was there an ordinance?
- Sign?
- Year of Greatest Interest
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1940 | 775 | 0 | ||||||
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| 1960 | 1,729 | 0 | ||||||
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| 1990 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 2,180 | 6 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 2146 | 18 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 70 |
Method of Exclusion
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
In an interview, a local and retired dairy farm couple remembered Chetek having the slogan: “No niggers after dark.” A black family lived a mile or two out of town for a few years, without difficulty.