Illinois
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Probable
- Was there an ordinance?
- Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
- Sign?
- Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
- 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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| 1990 | 4522 | |||||||
| 2000 | 4845 | 4752 | 12 | |||||
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| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Violent ExpulsionReputation
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Samuel J. Bush was lynched by the town in 1893; the event was considered one of the towns most “exciting events.” The town is rumored to be sundown by the Decatur Black community.