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, Strong Oral Tradition
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably
Census Information
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| 1990 | 4806 | |||||||
| 2000 | 5030 | 4968 | 5 | |||||
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| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Reputation
- Other
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
My mother is from Staunton. She said that black people were not allowed in Staunton and it was common knowledge. My mom said that blacks were not allowed to shop in the grocery store. The reason she knows this is because her relatives owned the grocery store. (2006)