Month: November 2025

Truxton Circle Population by Race 1880-2020

This is an updated post from an older one that ended with the 2010 Census. The population increased, but was lower than what was in Census district 46 in 1990. Truxton Circle is still, by this measurement, a majority minority neighborhood. As the population fluctuated, the Black population continued to decrease and since the lowest number in 1970, the non-Black population has increased.

 

Truxton Circle Population 1880-2020
Year Total Black White Other/Asian Note
1880 1511 678 832 0
1900 4723 2438 2281 4
1910 6801 2232 4565 4
1920 7234 3008 4221 6 4-Chinese
1- Japanese
1- White/Chinese
1930 6175 4455 1712 6 All Chinese
1940 8244 6519 1718 4 Note: 3 Japanese
1 Chinese
Total also 8244
1950 7720 6186 1511 23
1960 6789 6716 58 15
1970 5830 5768 21 41 2 yrs post riot
1980 3349 3249 61 39
1990 3623 3347 189 87
2000 2997 2713 103 181
2010 3028 1964 816 248
2020 3543 1530 1462 551 Note: 177 Asians and 260 bi-racial

Source: US Census; DC Office of Planning Table 9: Census 2020 Population, Voting Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Housing Data – District of Columbia: Census Tracts

 

WSIC- James B. Evans of the Colonial Investment Company

Who was James B. Evans (1895-1977) one of the three main participants in the WSIC sell off scheme?

James Beatty Evans was born January 24, 1985 to Charles Noble Pumphrey Evans and Clara May Barker in Washington, DC. His father was paperhanger, or one who hangs wallpaper. He had six siblings, of those that survived to adulthood they went into the family occupation of wallpaper and interior design. His maternal grandfather owned a hardware and plumbing business in DC.

He lived with his retired grandfather in 1910 (just him, not parents or siblings) working as a 15 year old stenographer for an office. He continued to work in an office into WWI, doing secretarial work in a government office with a window washing business on the side. In 1920 he was a messenger for a trade journal.

He married Carmen Louise Mayer (1897–1983), the daughter of a German born military doctor, in 1924. Together they had three children, James B. Evans Jr., William Joseph Evans, and Patricia A. Evans.

The family lived west of the Park in different residences from 1930-1960. First, the family was a little south of Cathedral Heights, in Westchester.  Then  they moved to Dexter St. NW in Berkley, a neighborhood west of Westchester.

With the exception of a few articles about charitable organizations and wedding announcements, James B. Evans doesn’t show up much in the newspapers. In the Times Herald, Jan 1, 1951 Evans was noted to be the treasurer for all three of the Colonial Investment firms. The 3 being Colonial Construction Company, Colonial Investments Company and Colonial Mortgage Corporation.

As a side note, it appears he was some sort of Protestant. And that’s all I have about the man. He kept a low profile.