Editing Waverly, Ohio (section)

===Racial segregation in Waverly===
Throughout the 19th century, Waverly was a [[sundown town]], where African Americans were not allowed to live.<ref>{{cite news |title=Negro Suspected of Murder |work=[[Chicago Inter Ocean|Daily Inter Ocean]] |location=Chicago |date=September 4, 1900 |page=5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29070392/ |via=Newspapers.com |quote=A posse is hunting [Hezekiah] Scott, and he may be harshly dealt with if captured. Negroes are not allowed to live in Waverly. Scott tried to settle there, and [railway conductor William] Woods was one of those instrumental in driving him out. For this, it is said, Scott had sworn vengeance.}}</ref> In an 1884 history of the area, an anonymous author wrote that "Waverly's not having a single colored resident is a rare mark of distinction for a town of its size" and that Waverly had never had "a Negro or mulatto resident".<ref name=":3" /> Historian [[James W. Loewen]] cites Waverly as a rare example of a town that barred blacks as early as the Civil War,<ref name=":2">{{cite book |title=Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism |last=Loewen |first=James W. |publisher=The New Press |year=2005 |isbn=978-1565848870 |page=31}}</ref> and asserts that the community was one of a number of Midwestern cities created for the purpose of excluding all races but whites.<ref name=":2" /> The [[Ku Klux Klan]] had a presence in Waverly dating back to a record of a Ku Klux Klan raid in 1885.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of the Lower Scioto River Valley |year=1884 |pages=713–714}}</ref>

The area known as [[Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio|East Jackson, Ohio]], about 7 miles east of Waverly on [[Ohio State Route 335]], developed an interesting racial history and culture because its residents were excluded from Waverly as "poor" or "negro".  After several generations many East Jackson residents identified as "negro" but appeared to be "white". Many residents self-identify as being of Native American descent.<ref name="en guard">{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Khushbu |title=They look white but say they're black: a tiny town in Ohio wrestles with race |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/25/race-east-jackson-ohio-appalachia-white-black |access-date=December 17, 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=25 July 2019}}</ref>