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?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Don’t Know
Census Information
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Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
The community of Kaolin developed in conjunction with the kaolin mines on the eastern slope of Iron Mountain southwest of Mountain Glen. Several houses, dormitories for the miners, a post office and a railroad station existed in the community during the peak production period of the World War I. Kaolin was mined in Union County as early as the 1850s for use in the Anna Pottery. Kaolin, known also as China Clay, is an essential ingredient of china or porcelain. It is a white, soft powder, which fires white of nearly white. Following the final closing of the mine, after excavating to a depth of 100 feet, the area was acquired by the Shawnee National Forest.
Too small to be in census, but part of Jonesboro I township, which had only one black (male adult) in 1990. Kaolin probably should not “count” as an independent town, owing to its small size.