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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

We mourn the loss of our friend and colleague and remain committed to the work he began.

Ludlow

Kentucky

Basic Information

Type of Place
Independent City or Town
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Don’t Know
Unions, Organized Labor?
Don’t Know

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Probable
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
Year of Greatest Interest
1920s
Still Sundown?
Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910 4163 29
1920 4582 26
1930 6485 5
1940 6185 1
1950
1960 6233 0
1970 5815 0
1980 4959 0
1990
2000 4409 17 4 6
2010 4407 45 7 8
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Ludlow is said to have had a sign. One resident of town, in his 40s said that when he graduated from high school, “There was a law on the books that no Blacks could live there.”

According to another Kentuckian who grew up in the area, Ludlow is also said to have had a 6PM siren.