Illinois
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Strongly Democratic
- Unions, Organized Labor?
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 | ||||||||
| 1870 | ||||||||
| 1880 | ||||||||
| 1890 | ||||||||
| 1900 | 406 | 0 | ||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||
| 1920 | ||||||||
| 1930 | 1275 | 0 | ||||||
| 1940 | 1240 | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||
| 1960 | 1004 | 0 | ||||||
| 1970 | 1109 | 1 | ||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 872 | 1 | ||||||
| 2000 | 938 | 925 | 0 | |||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
“‘I’m sure Goreville is like that!’ My husband told
me, ‘If they [blacks] came in, they [his white friends]
kept guns.'” She pooh-poohed it; he said, no, they’re
serious.
Parents grew up there. Sure it’s sundown. —
conversation with wife of Goreville native, 1/2004.
“He told me black families usually avoid Goreville, but if one moves to town, the town finds a way to get the family to move.” -Someone who grew up in the town, quoted second hand via email, March 2012