Illinois
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Suburb
- Metro Area
- St. Louis
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Possible
- Was there an ordinance?
- Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
- Sign?
- Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Surely Not
Census Information
Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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1990 | 4629 | |||||||
2000 | 4545 | 2516 | 1915 | |||||
2010 | 3891 | 2161 | 764 | |||||
2020 |
Method of Exclusion
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
Comments
A resident stated that growing up in Madison, the city was sundown and did not accept blacks. However, while there is evidence of racism, there doesn’t appear to be very strong evidence for being sundown.