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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.

Sturgeon Bay

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?
Probable
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 3372 3
1910 4262 3
1920 4553 7
1930 4983 1
1940 5439 0
1950 7054 2
1960 7353 7
1970 6776 2
1980 8847 25
1990 9176 13
2000
2010 9144 137
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

email 3/2008

Just a few years ago there was a cross-burning incident in Sturgeon Bay. I believe this happened in the late 1980’s, and perhaps accounts for the drop in African-American population from 1980 to 1990.

Whitefish Bay, resident