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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

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Scurry County

Texas

Basic Information

Type of Place
County
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?
Surely Not

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870 0
1880 8
1890 1415 2
1900 4158 0
1910
1920 9003 128
1930 12188 147
1940 11545 204
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000 16361 13296 991 37 87
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Scurry County’s 1920 black population is
overwhelmingly male.