Champaign County, IL

Headnote

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, situated in the eastern part of Illinois, and drained by Kaskaskia, Embarrass, Sangamon, and Vermilion rivers. Area, 792 square miles. Face of the country generally level, containing much prairie with fine timber. Seat of justice, Urbana. Pop. in 1840, 1,475; in 1850, 2,649. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Champaign County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, situated in the eastern part of Illinois, and drained by Kaskaskia, Embarrass, Sangamon, and Vermilion rivers. Area, 792 square miles. Face of the country generally level, containing much prairie with fine timber. Seat of justice, Urbana. Pop. in 1840, 1,475; in 1850, 2,649.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 73.
Name Type
Urbana, IL City or Town
Date Title
Recollection by Henry Clay Whitney, Charleston Debate, September 18, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Lincoln’s Hold on the Working-Men,” May 30, 1860
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