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URBANNA(sic), p-v., capital of Champaign co., Ill., 92 E. N. E. Springfield, 691 W. Situated on the s. side of the Salt fork of Vermilion r., and contains a court house, jail, and about 30 dwellings. (Haskell's Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the the United States...,1840)
URBANA A thriving post village, capital of Champaign county, on the Salt fork of Vermilion river, and is situated one and three-quarter miles east of the Chicago branch of the Illinois Central railroad; 190 miles from St. Louis, and 128 miles from Chicago. Population, 1,500. John Gore, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)
Total Population 1850
210
Total Population 1860
1370
Latitude
40.110126
Longitude
-88.197323
Railroads
Yes
Type
City or Town
County
Champaign
State
Illinois