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?
- Surely Not
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | 2565 | 0 | ||||||
| 1870 | ||||||||
| 1880 | ||||||||
| 1890 | ||||||||
| 1900 | 3010 | 0 | ||||||
| 1910 | 3792 | 0 | ||||||
| 1920 | 3340 | 1 | ||||||
| 1930 | 3693 | 0 | ||||||
| 1940 | 4046 | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | 4775 | 3 | ||||||
| 1960 | 5984 | 2 | ||||||
| 1970 | 8752 | 5 | ||||||
| 1980 | 8612 | 6 | ||||||
| 1990 | 9338 | 11 | ||||||
| 2000 | 10467 | 73 | ||||||
| 2010 | 11,250 | 242 | ||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
email 3/2008
I went on business trip to bar here with my boss. Bartender said, “one of them came into town the other day, the cops followed them around until they got out.” I had to ask, “one what?” but you know…
According to a resident of nearby Saukville, WI: “I went to middle and high school in Port in the 90’s. Up until middle school, I was (to my memory) the only obvious non-white in my class, and the number only increased to about ten when I graduated, most of whom were either Mexican or Asian, even if only half. The last year I was there (1999), I recall an incident where someone had written “Die Nigger” on the walls in the school. Two black brothers who actually did enter school were very quickly expelled after a few fights. A few years after I left, there was a so-called “racist party” held by a bunch of students. However, now I’ve been told it’s not nearly as bad, and more integrated as people have moved out of Milwaukee.”
Email from a longtime resident of Hidden Hills, a neighborhood within Port Washington: “I was a huge fan of the Milwaukee Braves and Hank Aaron was one of their premier players. He was ones of my heroes.
“Little did I know that Hank could not live in Hidden Hills. I found out that Hank and his family wanted to buy a home in our subdivision. He was prevented tom doing so by the covenants written into the deeds for the properties in Hidden Hills .
I found this out from my father. He verified what for me was an incredible story. The best offensive player on the Braves team could not live where I lived because of the color of his skin.”