Illinois
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?
- Surely
- Was there an ordinance?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- Sign?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably
Census Information
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Method of Exclusion
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Group(s) Excluded
Comments
According to a former resident – who condones the practice – Havana was a sundown town complete with signs.
According to another resident, who has lived in the county her entire life, more than 80 years, African Americans would not enter the town because local law enforcement would meet them at the county line and refuse their admission.
According to this same resident, there was a black couple on the southside of town next to a lake that was dubbed “Nigger Lake.” As time went on, the lake was drained, according to an email correspondent in 11,2007. The area changed to “Sand Lake” in about 1992.