Welcome to Champaign ...The city of Champaign is located in Champaign County<1>. The pronunciation of Champaign: sham-PAYN<2> Champaign was established in 1855. When the people of Champaign refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Champaignite<3> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Champaign has a population of 88,877 people<4> (see below for details). The community of Champaign is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Champaign lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Champaign (for example, toward State Line City (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Champaign: 217 & 447<6> The ZIP codes for Champaign: 61820-61822, 61824-61826<7> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Champaign had an population of 88,877 people. This is an increase of 9.65% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 31.63% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Champaign had a population of 81,055 people (or 40.22% of the total population of Champaign County). This makes Champaign the county's most populous community. The population of Champaign represents 0.63% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 11th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 81,055 people, the population of Champaign increased 20.05% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 67,518 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Champaign. Websites for Champaign ...Official Website: www.city.champaign.il.us/ Chamber of Commerce: www.ccchamber.org/ Junior League: www.juniorleaguecu.org/ Communities near Champaign ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Champaign.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Champaign. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Champaign. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Champaign. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Champaign. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Champaign. Our list includes 46 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Champaign. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Champaign ...Looking for more information about Champaign? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Champaign, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Champaign. Adding Champaign to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Champaign in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Champaign was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> For more details, see References and Mentions for Champaign. Footnotes ...
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