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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.

Spooner

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?
Don’t Know

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
1940 2639 0
1950 2597 0
1960 2398 0
1970
1980
1990 2464 6
2000 2653 11
2010 2682 14
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Email from a longtime resident: “my recollection of my life in Spooner up until 1959 was that it was, indeed, a daily siren that signaled five or six PM and that there seems to be no particular reason for that signal.

That is, there were no major factories that closed at that time of the day, and most of the stores in town closed at different times. That is, not all stores closed at exactly the same time…”