Editing Champaign County, Illinois (section)

==History==
Champaign County was organized in 1833, having been previously a part of [[Vermilion County, Illinois|Vermilion County]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=John W. Vance: The "Father of Champaign County" {{!}} Urbana Free Library|url=https://urbanafreelibrary.org/blogs/2017/03/17/john-w-vance-%E2%80%9Cfather-champaign-county%E2%80%9D|access-date=February 9, 2022|website=urbanafreelibrary.org}}</ref> The development of the county was greatly furthered by the arrival of the Chicago Branch of the [[Illinois Central Railroad]], and even more by the establishment of the land-grant university. Later, the county also got an [[University of Illinois Willard Airport|airport]] and a [[Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District|mass transit district]]. The northern part of the county experienced an economic and demographic setback with the closing of [[Chanute Air Force Base]] in the 1990s. In the 2004 Presidential election, it was one of only 15 of the 102 Illinois counties where [[John Kerry]] received a majority of the vote (50.37%).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2004&fips=17019&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – 2004 Presidential General Election Results – Champaign County, Illinois|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>
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File:Champaign County Illinois 1833.png|Champaign County at the time of its creation in 1833
File:Rural Champaign County grain elevator.jpg|Country grain elevator in Champaign County
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