Texas
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- County
- 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 Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
| 1870 | 24 | |||||||
| 1880 | 47 | |||||||
| 1890 | 18863 | 87 | ||||||
| 1900 | 24800 | 25 | ||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||
| 1920 | 22200 | 1 | ||||||
| 1930 | 19159 | 3 | ||||||
| 1940 | 20442 | 1 | ||||||
| 1950 | 17070 | 1 | ||||||
| 1960 | 14893 | 0 | ||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 19117 | 18343 | 34 | 49 | 141 | 5 | ||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Many people remember a sundown sign in Montague
County into the early 1960s. More research is needed.
A former resident remembers signs in the 1950s-1960s at the entrance of Montague County announcing, “Black man, don’t let the sun set on you in Montague County.” His parents also recall considerable violence in the 1920s and an expulsion occurred in Montague County afterwards.