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Champaign County

Established
February 20, 1833 (Laws, 1833, p. 28)

Origin of the name of the county
Named after Champaign County in Ohio through the influence of emigrants from that county.

Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
1826–1833 — Vermilion
1823–1826 — Edgar
1819–1823 — Clark
1816–1819 — Crawford
1815–1816 — Edwards
1812–1813 — Madison
1801–1812 — St. Clair
1790–1801 — Knox, Northwest Territory

County Seats
1833–   — Urbana

History of county governing board
1833–1849 — County Commissioners’ Court
1849–1860 — County Court
1860–   — County Board of Supervisors

Township Government
Adopted — November 8, 1859

Township Names
Ayers — Formed from South Homer (no date).
Brown — Formed from East Bend in September, 1869
Champaign — Name changed from West Urbana in on April 30, 1860.
Champaign — City of
Colfax — Formed from Tolono (no date).
Compromise — Formed from part of Kerr and Rantoul (no date).
Condit — Formed from part of Newcomb on May 8, 1867.
Crittenden — Formed from part of Philo (no date).
Cunningham — Formed from Champaign late 1928.
East Bend
Harwood — Formed from Ludlow as Sheldon in September, 1869; name changed to Shuck (no date) and to Harwood February 22, 1870.
Hensley — Formed from Champaign in September, 1866 with original designation of Grant; changed to Hensley (no date).
Kerr — Name changed from Middlefork on April 30, 1860.
Ludlow — Name changed from Pera in March, 1867.
Mahomet — Formed from split of Middletown into Mahomet and Scott (no date).
Newcomb
Ogden — Formed from South Homer (no date).
Pesotum — Formed from part of Sadorus (no date).
Philo — Name changed from Hale on April 30, 1860.
Rantoul
Raymond — Formed from Sidney (no date).
Sadorus
St. Joseph
Scott — Formed from split of Middletown into Scott and Mahomet (no date).
Sidney
Somer — Name changed from Pleasant Hill on April 30, 1860.
South Homer
Stanton — Formed from St. Joseph (no date).
Tolono
Urbana

Township Map

Pertinent Databases
Federal Township Plats of Illinois
Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database
Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916–1950
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
Local Governmental Records Database
Name Index to Illinois Local Governments