Carter Road Subdivision Sign

ID: 2840 ~ 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

This sign welcomes you to the Carter Road Subdivision. It also contributed to Goshen’s legacy as a Sundown Town. Land deeds stated that only Caucasian people could own or occupy homes in the subdivision.

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…