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

National Register listings: 64

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.