Actually most of the so-called sundown towns were up in Yankeeland. Those billboards (such as the one below) were found in towns in Illinois and Indiana.
Greenville, Texas did have this sign but it was merely a statement of fact, wasn't a threat and certainly was not racist. It was just pride in the excellent farmland in Hunt County:
Show us the friggin sign, not some lame Greenville “blackest and whitest”.
Got a good one for you.
I grew up in East Texas and Western Louisiana. NEVER saw such a thing. All of us whites and blacks were in the same boat. Got a job in New Jersey and lived up there for about 5 years. Went to get a fishing licence. I start filling out the form and there was a line asking what race I was. I said out loud, what does a fish care about what race I am? Guy behind the counter tells me to mark “S”. So I ask what is “S”? He tells me “superior”.
This is in New Jersey.
That’s mighty white of them :-)
Greenville didn’t allow blacks inside the city limits after dar until the 60’s...or that’s what was said.
A lot of the "sundown towns" in Michigan were unofficial. Some were open like Dearborn. From what I've heard, a lot of the smaller towns would reportedly have a cop pull up and "suggest" that a black person who isn't one of the few who are part of the community go elsewhere. It wasn't limited to blacks, but since small towns around here are about 98% white, they stick out.