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?
- Probable
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1950 | 1134 | 0 | ||||||
| 1960 | 1386 | 1 | ||||||
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| 1990 | 1303 | 0 | ||||||
| 2000 | 1446 | 3 | ||||||
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| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Norris was a TVA model town built by
Arthur Morgan.
TVA chair Arthur Morgan believed that TVA could be used as a tool not just for economic growth in the Tennessee Valley, but also for social advancement.
The town of Norris was the physical manifestation of his dream. The town was huge by the standards of later worker villages, and remained a town even after TVA completed the dam. It included a school, modern houses, cafeteria, recreational facilities, and much more. Indoor plumbing, electricity, and modern conveniences were included with each of these buildings. Still, Norris, TVA s model town, was not as perfect as its proponents suggested. TVA excluded blacks entirely from Norris, employing only a small number on the project itself, according to a professor at Murray State University.