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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.

Nebraska City

Nebraska

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?
Don’t Know

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890 11254 238
1900
1910
1920 6279 57
1930
1940
1950
1960 7252 27
1970
1980
1990
2000 7228 6939 27 32 22 318 208 8
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

“The History of the Negro in Nebraska,” recorded in a WPA folder and quoting quoting the Lincoln Journal at the Library of Congress: “People of Nebraska City raised money to send back to MS a large number of Negroes who had intended to land at that point.”