Urbana

Champaign County, IL

Population

38,741

Walk Score

92 · Walker's Paradise

Median rent

$910

Median home value

$175,100

Founded

1833

Urbana is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, Urbana had a population of 38,336. It is a principal city of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, which had about 236,000 residents in 2020. Urbana is notable for sharing the main campus of the University of Illinois with its twin city of Champaign.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

Downtown Urbana Historic District · listed 2019
Elm Street Court · listed 2000
University of Illinois Experimental Dairy Farm Historic District · listed 1994

Notable landmarks

Alpha Delta Pi Sorority House · listed 2000
Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity House · listed 2009
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority Chapter House · listed 1989
Altgeld Hall, University of Illinois · listed 1970
Chemical Laboratory · listed 1986
Farm House · listed 1989
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority House · listed 1994
Greek Revival Cottage · listed 1977
Griggs, Clark R., House · listed 1978
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority House · listed 2004
Library-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · listed 2000
Lincoln (Statue) · listed 2004
Metal Shop · listed 1986
Military Drill Hall and Men's Gymnasium · listed 1986
Morrow Plots, University of Illinois · listed 1968
Natural History Building · listed 1986
Phi Mu Sorority House · listed 1990
Ricker, Nathan C., House · listed 2000
Royer, Joseph W., House and Ella Danely Cottage · listed 2022
Smith, Tina Weedon, Memorial Hall · listed 1996
Unitarian Church of Urbana · listed 1991
University of Illinois Astronomical Observatory · listed 1986
University of Illinois Observatory · listed 1989
Urbana-Lincoln Hotel-Lincoln Square Mall · listed 2006
Warm Air Research House · listed 2001
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