West Virginia
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?
- Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1950 | 3314 | 3 | ||||||
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| 1970 | 8019 | 5 | ||||||
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| 1990 | 6851 | 74 | ||||||
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| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
A local librarian grew up in Nitro, but didn’t believe there was anyone she knew of that could answer my questions. “There’s no good reason it’s this way,” she kept repeating. She did mention, however, that “Nitro’s always been white and Dunbar’s always been black.” My investigation into Dunbar proved inconclusive.