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?
- 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
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| 1990 | 960 | |||||||
| 2000 | 956 | 945 | 7 | |||||
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| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
The town of Newman has a black cemetary there, and according to the census in 1870, 43 blacks were living in the town. The town seemed to have gone sundown after this, and a former resident stated that there was a policy that stated “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On You In Newman.”