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Cities & Towns: |
Ayers Township
Brown Township
Champaign (City)
Champaign Township
Colfax Township
Compromise Township
Condit Township
Crittenden Township
Cunningham Township
East Bend Township
Harwood Township
Hensley Township
Kerr Township
Ludlow Township
Mahomet Township |
Newcomb Township
Ogden Township
Pesotum Township
Philo Township
Rantoul Township
Raymond Township
Sadorus Township
Saint Joseph Township
Scott Township
Sidney Township
Somer Township
Stanton Township
Tolono Township
Urbana Township |
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Villages: |
Bondville
Broadlands
Fisher
Foosland
Gifford
Homer
Ivesdale
Ludlow
Mahomet |
Ogden
Pesotum
Philo
Rantoul
Royal
Sadorus
Saint Joseph
Savoy
Sidney
Thomasboro
Tolono |
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Libraries:
Champaign Public Library
505 S. Randolph St., Champaign, IL 61820
Douglass Branch Library
504 E. Grove St., Champaign, IL 61820
Homer Community Library
101 N. Main St., Homer, IL 61849
Mahomet Public Library
512 E. Main St., Mahomet, IL 61853
Ogden Rose Public Library
103 W. Main, Ogden, IL 61859
Philo Public Library
103 N. Harrison St., Philo, IL 61864
Rantoul Public Library
225 S. Century, Rantoul, IL 61866
Saint Joseph Twp. Swearingen Memorial Library
201 N. Third, Saint Joseph, IL 61873
Sidney Community Library
221 S. David St., Sidney, IL 61877
Tolono Public Library
128 E. Main, Tolono, IL 61880
Urbana Free Library
201 S. Race St., Urbana, IL 61801
Historic District:
Elm Street Court
1 - 8 Elm Street Court
Urbana, IL
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COURT HOUSE INFO:
Administrative Center
1776 E Washington St
Urbana, IL 61802-4578
Phone: (217)384-3772
Fax: (217)384-3896
County Seat:
Urbana
Year Organized:
1833
Square Miles:
997
HISTORY:
Champaign County was
organized in 1833, having been previously a part of Vermilion
County. The county and county seat were named for
Champaign County, Ohio and Urbana, Ohio respectively, the
home place of the Illinois legislator who sponsored the bill to
create the county. The development of the county was
greatly furthered by the arrival of the Chicago Branch of the
Illinois Central Railroad, and even more by the establishment of
the land-grant university. Later, the county also got an
airport and a mass transit district. The northern part of
the county experienced an economic and demographic setback with
the closing of Chanute Air Training Center in the 1990's.
In the 2004 Presidential election, it was one of the only 15 of
the 102 Illinois counties in which John Kerry received a
majority of the vote (50.98%). |
