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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.

Menasha

Wisconsin

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?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Surely Not

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870 3107 8
1880
1890 4581 8
1900 6689 2
1910 6081 5
1920 7214 2
1930 9062 8
1940 10481 6
1950 12385 6
1960 14647 5
1970 14905 2
1980 14728 4
1990 14711 4
2000 16331 88
2010 17,353 367
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

A bar in Menasha, c. 1982, had a sign, “No Niggers Allowed.”

But some African American businessmen have been reported (a barber in the 1890s and a paper company employee).