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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

We mourn the loss of our friend and colleague and remain committed to the work he began.

Walters

Oklahoma

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

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920 3033 3027 0
1930 2262 0
1940
1950 2743 2
1960 2825 2683 0
1970
1980
1990 2519 2191 3
2000 2657 2243 11
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

Main Ethnic Group(s)

Group(s) Excluded

Comments

Oklahoma Resident. 2010
“I haven’t lived in Lawton for a long time, but I do remember people mentioning that Walters, OK was where the KKK was and that it was a sundown town at one time.”
“I just heard that it was the headquarters for the Oklahoma KKK.”