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?
- Surely
- Was there an ordinance?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- Sign?
- Yes, Strong Oral Tradition
- 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 | 1678 | |||||||
| 2000 | 1854 | 1810 | 5 | |||||
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| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Threat of Violence
- Violence Towards Newcomers
- Police or Other Official Action
- Private Bad Behavior
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
Comments
There was a sign in Neoga that came down only within the past decade. Many residents remember this sign and say that it came down when the city out in a new drainage system. This town has a very strong reputation for being sundown and hostile to African Americans.