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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Millersburg

Ohio

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?
Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940 2239 0
1950
1960 3101 0
1970 2979 4
1980
1990 2987 31 7
2000 3326
2010 3025 2914 17 6 8
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Violent Expulsion
  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Email excerpt:
Millersburg, Ohio was indeed a sundown town. I heard it from a reliable source, descendant of KKK. They did have the signs at all roads in and out of town. There are “rumors” of a couple of lynchings back then, too.

from: http://www.ohiogenealogyexpress.com/holmes/holmesco_news.htm