Champaign County, Illinois

Founding: 1833
Parent county: Vermilion

Namesake: Prairies within the county
Seat: Urbana (1833–)

Land area: 996 square miles

Population (2020): 205,865

Population (historic): 1,475 (1840); 14,629 (1860); 40,863 (1880); 47,622 (1900); 64,273 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; 21 villages; three CDPs; 30 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,451 (12.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 51.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,321
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,673

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,666
Average farm size (1920): 161.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Indiana, Germany, Ireland, Pennsylvania, New York, and Kentucky
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Urbana

Namesake: Urbana, Ohio

Founding: 1833 (platting); 1836 (post office); 1855 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 38,336

Population (historic): 210 (1850); 2,277 (1870); 3,511 (1890); 8,245 (1910); 13,060 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,491 (13.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. St. Boniface Catholic Church (1911). 416 Road 1300 North. Colfax. Romanesque.
2. St. Mary Catholic Church (c. 1895). 1247 Road 200 North. Crittenden. Gothic Revival.
3. Jesse Meharry Farm (1887). 208 River Road. Tolono. Queen Anne.

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