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?
- Yes, Written Evidence
- Sign?
- Yes, Photo or Written Evidence
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
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| 1990 | 767 | |||||||
| 2000 | 764 | 755 | 1 | |||||
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| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Police or Other Official Action
- Other
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
The Townboard of Saybrook voted out the sundown ordinance in 1974, however, a student at Carthage College stated that another student had one first place in the halloween costume contest having dressed as a KKK member in 1998. The ordinance may have been gone but the reputation remained. According the city resident, there was a sign that stated, “Nigger, Don’t Let The Sun Set On Your Black Ass.”