Texas
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- County
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Don’t Know
- Unions, Organized Labor?
- Don’t Know
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Surely
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
- Year of Greatest Interest
- 1929
- Still Sundown?
- Probably
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
| 1870 | 0 | |||||||
| 1880 | 12 | |||||||
| 1890 | 902 | 11 | ||||||
| 1900 | ||||||||
| 1910 | 4563 | 11 | ||||||
| 1920 | 3589 | 11 | ||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||
| 1940 | ||||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||
| 1960 | ||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 2053 | |||||||
| 1990 | 1880 | 0 | ||||||
| 2000 | 1850 | 1 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Threat of Violence
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
See comments at Throckmorton (town)
Gov. Rick Perry and his family had hunting camp, long named “Niggerhead.” Sign on rock bearing remnant of name was still visible, August, 2011, at entrance to camp.