Indiana
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?
- Possible
- Was there an ordinance?
- Sign?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1930 | 516 | 0 | ||||||
| 1940 | 533 | 0 | ||||||
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| 1960 | 848 | 0 | ||||||
| 1970 | 753 | 0 | 0 | |||||
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| 1990 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 579 | |||||||
| 2010 | 512 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
Comments
One resident of Franklin County who grew up in Laurel stated that he “heard many people talk and act negatively about African Americans.” This same individual shared the influence of the KKK distributing materials and brochures in the schools and invitations to cross burning events.
A long time Laurel resident (64 years old) said that, “Franklin County was horrible and very intolerant of blacks.” She also used to hear talk about Laurel being a sundown town, sometimes referred as ‘Sundowners’ or ‘Sundowner’s Law,’ however never saw signs in that area herself.