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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
Still Sundown?
Don’t Know

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990 25549 140
2000
2010
2020

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