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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Murray County

Georgia

Basic Information

Type of Place
County
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Strongly Democratic
Unions, Organized Labor?
Don’t Know

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Don’t Know
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

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900 521
1910 402
1920 432
1930 333
1940 381
1950 173
1960 83
1970
1980
1990 26,147 42
2000 36,506 226
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

Comments

Probable sundown counties border Murray to the east. In 1990, of 42 blacks in the county, 36 lived in Chatsworth MCD, including 20 in the town. In the other three MCDs lived just one black household, 2 black teenagers, and 1 other black person. No confirming information, but it may be that 3/4 of the county was sundown. However, in earlier decades the black population was larger, and the decline was gradual. More data needed.