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CHAMPAIGN , a See also:city of Champaign See also:county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., about 125 M. S. by W. of See also:Chicago, on the See also:head-See also:waters of the See also:Vermilion See also:river. Pop. (189o) 5839; (1900) 9098, of whom 973 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 12,421. It is served by the See also:Cleveland, See also:Cincinnati, Chicago & St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, the See also:Wabash, and the Illinois Central See also:railways (the last having repair shops here), and by the Illinois (electric) See also:Traction See also:System from See also:Danville, Illinois, to St Louis, See also:Missouri. In 1906 the city covered 3.5 sq. m.; it is situated in a See also:rich agricultural region, and has small manufacturing interests. Immediately See also:east of Champaign is the city of See also:Urbana, the county-seat of Champaign county, served by the Wabash and the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis railways, with repair shops of the latter. In 1890 the See also:population of Urbana was 3511; in 'goo, 5728 (300 foreign-born); in r91o, 8245. Partly in Urbana and partly in Champaign is the University of Illinois (see ILLINOls); immediately See also:south of its campus is the 400-See also:acre See also:farm of the university. Each city has a public library, and in Champaign are the Burnham See also:Athenaeum, the Burnham See also:hospital, the Garwood See also:home for old ladies, and several parks, all gifts of former citizens. Champaign was founded in 1855, incorporated as a city in 186o, and re-chartered in 1883. Urbana secured a city See also:charter in 1855.
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