Illinois
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Surely
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- 1866
- Still Sundown?
- Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
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| 1990 | 1378 | |||||||
| 2000 | 1213 | 1186 | 6 | |||||
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Method of Exclusion
- Violence Towards Newcomers
- Reputation
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
John Worthington was robbed and burned in his home by two men and a woman, including a wife and husband, “Blind Tom,” Mr. Thomas, and his wife, in 1866. Mr. Thomas confessed to burning down Lewis Lavender’s house and another house. They were then apparently lynched.
(http://www.illinoishistory.com/worthington.html)