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Goodlowtown, also referred to as Goodloetown, or Goodloe, is an African-American neighborhood that was established around 1871. Named after William Cassius Goodloe, the district was the largest of any black residential area in Lexington, Kentucky. [11] A total of 290 African-American families resided in these areas by 1880. [12]
1.12 Kentucky. 1.13 Louisiana. 1.14 Maine. ... A historically African-American municipality, ... Texas (Dallas County) Douglass Community;
The Black Bottom Historic District is a historic African American community located in Russellville, Kentucky. [1] It is bounded by E. 5th and 7th Sts., Bowling Green Rd. and Morgan St. [2] Civil rights activist Charles Neblett worked in the neighborhood. [3]
The largest African-American community is in Atlanta, Georgia; followed by Washington, DC; Houston, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; [1] [circular reference] and Detroit, Michigan. [2] About 80 percent of the city population is African-American. A quarter of Metro Detroit (Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties) are African-American.
★ No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census ★ No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census ★ CDP dissolved prior to the 2010 U.S. Census ★ For the 2010 census, the CDPs of Carol City, Andover, Bunche Park, Lake Lucerne, Norland, Opa-locka North, and Scott Lake merged to form the city of Miami Gardens
This list of majority-Black counties in the United States covers the counties and county-equivalents in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each county that is Black or African American. The data source for the list is the 2020 United States Census. [1]
Kinkeadtown is a historically African American section of Lexington, Kentucky. It was established near the home of George Blackburn Kinkead (former Secretary of State of Kentucky), several years after the American Civil War. The land was subdivided by Kinkead in 1870 and sold exclusively to African Americans.
Mayfield Ten; Mayo–Underwood School; McConnell House, Law Office, and Slave Quarters; Midway Historic District (Midway, Kentucky) Mount Moriah Baptist Church (Middlesboro, Kentucky) Mount Vernon AME Church (Gamaliel, Kentucky)