Iowa
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Suburb
- 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?
- Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | ||||||||
| 1870 | ||||||||
| 1880 | ||||||||
| 1890 | 2,860 | 5 | ||||||
| 1900 | ||||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||
| 1920 | ||||||||
| 1930 | 3,372 | 1 | ||||||
| 1940 | 4,163 | 4 | ||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||
| 1960 | ||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 5,004 | 0 | ||||||
| 1990 | 5,103 | 5,059 | 7 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 2000 | 5,102 | 5,013 | 13 | 9 | ||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- German Protestant
- English
- Irish
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Vinton is considered part of Metro Cedar Rapids, IA.
“I was born here and attended junior high and high
school, graduating in 1971. There were no blacks in
school. It would not have been a friendly place for a
black family.”
-former resident of Vinton