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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.

Merrill

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?
Possible
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
1880
1890 6809 1
1900 8537 0
1910 8689 3
1920 8068 0
1930 8458 0
1940 8711 0
1950 8951 3
1960 9451 5
1970 9502 3
1980 9578 0
1990 9860 8
2000 10146 20
2010 9661 96
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Column in Lincoln County Advocate of Merrill, WI (1/16/1884):
“We understand there is a Chinese Laundry in town. If so, it ought to receive no patronage. They are a filthy, heathenish set, that in no way help a place and the work they do should be given to poor women who need it to keep themselves and little ones from starving and freezing to death this cold weather. Don’t patronize them boys, and by that means they will soon be compelled to leave town.”