North Carolina
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?
- Don’t Know
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
| 1870 | ||||||||
| 1880 | ||||||||
| 1890 | 3,313 | 25 | ||||||
| 1900 | 4,343 | 26 | ||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||
| 1920 | 4,872 | 5 | ||||||
| 1930 | 5,841 | 1 | ||||||
| 1940 | ||||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||
| 1960 | 6,432 | 0 | ||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 7,196 | 23 | ||||||
| 2000 | 7,993 | 15 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Rainbow Family, an organization of hippies and neo-
hippies that holds annual camping festivals in
different locations, met in Graham County, NC, in
1987. One of the campers reported that they saw
signs reading “Nigger don’t let the sun set on you here
in Graham County”. The Rainbow gatherings are
interracial, so some campers took the signs down.
Rainbow Family sued in federal court, arguing that
federal marshalls were restricting their access to the
national park in Graham County. During the hearing, a
federal marshall stated “I congratulate you for finally
bringing some black people into Graham County. You
have a few of them sleeping in your camp, and that’s
probably more than ever slept in Graham County
before.”