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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.

Newton County

Arkansas

Basic Information

Type of Place
County
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Unions, Organized Labor?

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Probable
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Probably

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890 9,950 6
1900 12,538 7
1910 10,612 10
1920 11,199 10
1930 10,564 0
1940 10,881 0
1950 8,685 0
1960 5,963 1
1970
1980
1990 7,666 0
2000 8,608 12 2
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Socialist Stephen C. Seys wrote to Southern Tenant
Farmers’ Union requesting two men and specified
whites: “Not that I have anything against a man just
because his skin is Black. But this is a white county.”