Welcome to Urbana ...The city of Urbana is located in Champaign County<1> and is the County Seat for Champaign County. The pronunciation of Urbana: er-BA-nuh<2> Urbana was established in 1833. When the people of Urbana refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Urbanan<3> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Urbana has a population of 42,190 people<4> (see below for details). The community of Urbana is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Urbana lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Urbana (for example, toward State Line City (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Urbana: 217 & 447<6> The ZIP codes for Urbana: 61801-61803<7> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Urbana had an population of 42,190 people. This is an increase of 2.28% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 15.92% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Urbana had a population of 41,250 people (which is 20.47% of the total population of Champaign County). This makes Urbana the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Urbana represents 0.32% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 38th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 41,250 people, the population of Urbana increased 13.34% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 36,395 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Urbana. Communities Also Named Urbana ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Urbana - they are located in Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (4), Maryland, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Urbana. Websites for Urbana ...Official Website: www.city.urbana.il.us/ Communities near Urbana ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Urbana.
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 Urbana. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Urbana. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Urbana. 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 Urbana. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Urbana. Our list includes 24 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Urbana. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Urbana ...Looking for more information about Urbana? 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 Urbana, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Urbana. Adding Urbana to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Urbana 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 Urbana was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> For more details, see References and Mentions for Urbana. Footnotes ...
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