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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

We mourn the loss of our friend and colleague and remain committed to the work he began.

Saugus

Massachusetts

Basic Information

Type of Place
Suburb
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Unions, Organized Labor?

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Probable
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860 2024 2022 2
1870 2247
1880 2625
1890 3673
1900 5084 5054 27 3
1910 8047 7990 55 2
1920 10874 10831 40 3
1930 14700 14559 131
1940 14825 14719 106
1950 17162
1960 20666 20571 73 18 3 1
1970 25110 24949 97 42 7 15
1980 24746
1990 25549 25132 140 194 14 69
2000 26078
2010 26628
2020 28619

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

“There is a black family whom I know well, who moved
into a home in Saugus in the early ’60’s, in an area
which was WHITE WHITE WHITE. I remember that soon
after they moved in, their neighbors erected a fence
(completely closed) high enough so that they were
blocked out of sight.”
-posted to the web, 2003