Urbana, IL

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)