West Virginia
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?
- Possible
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1950 | 2515 | 3 | ||||||
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| 1970 | 2339 | 2 | ||||||
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| 1990 | 1879 | 12 | ||||||
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| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
A WV librarian notes that %u201Cthe whole state has a fairly homogeneous population%u201D and that there are %u201Cvery few people moving in or out.%u201D She also explained that Marmet was a coal-mining town that employed African Americans as miners. After the mines shut down, there wasn%u2019t a reason for anyone%u2014much less African Americans%u2014to stay. She also reminded me %u201CMarmet is a very tiny place.%u201D The librarian%u2019s rationale for the reason behind the small minority population is a simple one: %u201Cthere are not jobs in Marmet.%u201D