Arkansas
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?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
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| 1920 | ||||||||
| 1930 | 1,226 | 0 | ||||||
| 1940 | 1,248 | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | 1,729 | 1 | ||||||
| 1960 | 1,753 | 0 | ||||||
| 1970 | 1,961 | 0 | ||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 2,635 | 6 | ||||||
| 2000 | 3,055 | 3,000 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 8 | |
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
“The Civil Rights Era didn’t affect Manila (that I know
of). Manila was a ‘sundown’ town. Blacks knew to get
out of town before sundown or they’d pay the
consequences. I have personal knowledge that as
recently as last year [2004] a black customer of ours
said he’d be crazy to stay in Manila after dark.
However, we have a new business in town owned by a
black woman and her family lives here in addition to a
family whose 12 children graduated from MHS.”
-Manila resident