The Interactive Map of Sundown Towns
In the United States some neighborhoods and towns have traditionally managed to largely exclude non-white residents. These areas have managed to enforce racial segregation through either intimidation or discriminatory local laws, or a combination of both. These largely white municipalities are often known as sundown towns, so called because of the practice of posting signs ordering "colored people" to leave town by sundown.
The Sundown Towns interactive map uses the Sundown Towns Database to show the distribution and location of sundown towns across the United States. On the map towns are shown using different colors, which indicate the 'confirmation status' of each town shown (ranging from 'possible' to 'surely'). If you select a town on the map you can then view its entry in the Sundown Towns Database. This entry includes information on the methods that have been used to exclude black residents and census records showing the white, black, Asian and Hispanic populations in the town from 1860 to the present.
The Sundown Towns Database does not claim to be a complete record of all sundown towns in the USA. In fact the database comes with a note which states that there are "too many sundown towns for us to have found them all". Which is why users are actively encouraged to submit information about towns not in the database and to submit comments on those towns which are in the database.
You may also be interested in exploring interactive maps exploring the enduring legacy of Redlining Maps on the racial distribution of American towns and cities.
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I have no evidence either way, but if you're going to list a town in the database, I'd think you should have SOMETHING to go on.
The information surrounding upstate New York is slightly inaccurate. When you click “Albany,” it states “Albany, Pennsylvania.” Albany, New York has a higher black population, about 29% (https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/albany-ny-population). Schenectady and Troy are also decently populated for the region. The semiconductor industry has brought diversity there. Glens Falls, does NOT. If you could adjust that, it would prove safer for travelers.
There are always going to be a few racists alive who will judge you by the color of your skin. That seems to be on the rise here in the past couple of years. But there aren't any "sundown" places, including the one's marked on the map near me, that I would tell someone to not visit because of the color of their skin. There are a bunch that I would recommend avoiding after dark, but that would be for anyone regardless of skin color due to high crime rates.
I did notice that California and Illinois were really really high on this list.
Thank you for the list! I’ll be bookmarking and avoiding all of these towns, and passing the info onto friends, family, and social media. They don’t deserve the economy.
Sorry for all the hate. Keep up the hard work!
And all the sidewinding typical tropes like using Jussie and Chicago are all tells that you know the truth. Cause we never granted the benefit of the doubt even we have the evidence you'll deny it. It's the American Way. And most of you can't even stand ten toes down on the reality of this country cause you want to remove history instead.
Keep up the good work!! I love mapping. It's a skill.
I did a thread for those saying there is no proof. There are many people admitting to it in the thread. https://twitter.com/digitalsista/status/1411762780718391296
In response to a comment, I think that the KKK originated in Pulaski TN. Nathan Bedford Forrest. I think even he got out when it got too violent. Not 100% sure..