Carter Road Sign

ID: 2839 ~ Source: Elkhart County Historical Society ~ Creator: Julie Parke ~ Date: 2020

This file appears in: Twentieth-Century Sundown Towns: The Carter Road Subdivision in Elkhart County

The intersections of Carter Road and Main Street lead to the Carter Road subdivision. When the subdivision was created the language in the land deeds stated that people of color were not allowed to own property. This is one of many neighborhoods in Goshen that restricted ownership rights.

This file appears in: Twentieth-Century Sundown Towns: The Carter Road Subdivision in Elkhart County

Twentieth-Century Sundown Towns: The Carter Road Subdivision in Elkhart County

By Elkhart County Historical Museum

Just south of the Goshen College campus, the Carter Road subdivision has a good view of the pond created by the Goshen Dam. It is rather unassuming but serves as a reminder of Goshen's past as a “sundown town.” During the first half and…