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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Pickens County

Georgia

Basic Information

Type of Place
County
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Strongly Democratic
Unions, Organized Labor?
Don’t Know

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Don’t Know
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

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900 415
1910 440
1920 324
1930 795
1940 480
1950 401
1960 386
1970
1980
1990 14,432 247
2000 22,983 293
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

Comments

No information beyond census data. In 1990, the two NW MCDs (Ludville and Talking Rock) had no black households and just two blacks each. The other two MCDs (Jasper and Tate) had 243 blacks. Ludville and Talking Rock adjoin Gilmer County, which showed a dramatic decline in black population between 1910 and 1920, when nearby counties went sundown, and may have done so itself. Pickens County never went sundown as a whole but its NW portion may have. Information needed.