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?
- Possible
- Was there an ordinance?
- Sign?
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1940 | 1022 | 1 | ||||||
| 1950 | 1196 | 0 | ||||||
| 1960 | 1454 | 0 | ||||||
| 1970 | 3504 | 5 | ||||||
| 1980 | 5282 | 16 | ||||||
| 1990 | 5081 | 20 | ||||||
| 2000 | 4577 | 42 | 17 | 117 | ||||
| 2010 | 4757 | 92 | 23 | 167 | ||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Email message from a nearby resident: “Utica is an older town, I lived in its extension Shelby Township. The suburbs were mainly white, with 2 or 3 black people in the graduating class of 1986. Everybody was open to the Black classmates, but not many lived there.
I obtained a warranty deed copy of my neighbor’s house, stating that the property may not be sold to Negroes, dating back to 1952. Of course this was outlawed by the Fair Housing act of 1968.
I live in Shelby Township again and my subdivision is somewhat diverse: Blacks, Polish, Albanian, Indian, White, and some of them original owners.”
After a follow-up email, the same resident shared the wording of the deed: “The deed was acknowledged in April 24, 1952, and Recorded May 6, 1952 with these words : “Shall not be sold to, rented to, or occupied by any person of Negro Blood and also not to be used for raising pigs, glue factory or other dangerous or offensive purposes”