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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Cullman County

Alabama

Basic Information

Type of Place
County
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?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Probably

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880 43
1890 11,347 38
1900 17,849 21
1910
1920
1930 41,051 441
1940
1950 49,046 476
1960 45,572 514
1970
1980
1990
2000 77,483 743
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

email 1/2008

In January 2008, a black Democrat defeated a neo-Confederate white Republican to win Alabama’s 12th House District from Cullman County.
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While Cullman county does have black residents, they are only allowed to live in the small town of Colony. The rest of the county is sundown.