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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.

Lynwood

California

Basic Information

Type of Place
Suburb
Metro Area
Los Angeles/San Diego
Politics c. 1860?
Unions, Organized Labor?

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Surely
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Surely Not

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
1930 7323 0 66
1940 10982 1
1950 25823 16
1960 31614 31516 9
1970 43353 42387 160 43565 806
1980 48548 18057 16892 12416
1990 61945 14844 14652 258 1373
2000 69845 23481 9451 533 839 57503 32225
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Lynwood was so well known as a sundown town
that it was often called “Lily White Lynwood”.

“I recall stories of people camped out in their
own driveways [during the Watts riots] with shotguns
and other such hardware to protect their property
from (insert the ethnic slur of your choice here).”

When Lynwood broke in the 1970s, the resulting
white flight made the town mostly non-white.