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Champaign (shămpān`), city (1990 pop. 63,502), Champaign co., E central Ill.; inc. 1860. It adjoins the city of Urbana 1 City (1990 pop. 36,344), seat of Champaign co., E central Ill., adjoining Champaign ; inc. 1833. With Champaign, its twin city, Urbana is a trade, medical, and educational center in a fertile farm area. ..... Click the link for more information. and is a commercial and industrial center in a fertile farm area. The Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Parkland College are there. The city's economic mainstays are agriculture and the university. Founded in 1855 with the arrival of the Illinois Central RR, Champaign was first called West Urbana. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Jim Skiera, named executive director of the International Society of Arboriculture in Champaign, Illinois. Irene Hunt, whose first book, Across Five Aprils, was a Newbery Honor Book in 1965, and whose second, Up a Road Slowly, won the 1967 Newbery Medal, died in Champaign, Illinois, on May 18, 2001, her ninety-ninth birthday. Harrington is a librarian and professional storyteller who lives in Champaign, Illinois. |
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