Wisconsin
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Don’t Know
- Unions, Organized Labor?
- Don’t Know
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Possible
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Surely Not
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | 2731 | 19 | ||||||
| 1870 | 4285 | 17 | ||||||
| 1880 | ||||||||
| 1890 | 4359 | 15 | ||||||
| 1900 | 3405 | 8 | ||||||
| 1910 | 3224 | 2 | ||||||
| 1920 | 3215 | 1 | ||||||
| 1930 | 3465 | 1 | ||||||
| 1940 | 3689 | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | 5101 | 1 | ||||||
| 1960 | 6380 | 0 | ||||||
| 1970 | 12038 | 84 | ||||||
| 1980 | 11520 | 206 | ||||||
| 1990 | 12636 | 304 | ||||||
| 2000 | ||||||||
| 2010 | 14,390 | 623 | ||||||
| 2020 |
Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
There is an oral tradition that suggests that black people were not allowed overnight in town.
Before 1956, a white waitress quit after being instructed not to serve a black patron.