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?
- Probable
- Was there an ordinance?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- Sign?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1930 | 2249 | 0 | ||||||
| 1940 | 2943 | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | 2630 | 2 | ||||||
| 1960 | 2603 | 2 | ||||||
| 1970 | 2706 | 0 | ||||||
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| 2000 | 2522 | 2 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
Comments
During WWII, the town opened up to Black Soldiers that were stationed there. This appeared to be the exception and not the rule. Lewistown was an all white town up until the 1940’s.
“At a football game, there were flyers being passed around promoting an upcoming KKK rally at a local farm. […] I would have imagined this being around the year 2000.” -A story told second hand about a student teacher experience in the town, email, March 2012