Editing Mahomet, Illinois (section)

==History==
The village of Mahomet was first settled in 1832 on the banks of the [[Sangamon River]]. It was the first community to be established in modern-day [[Champaign County, Illinois|Champaign County]]. The original village name was Middletown, possibly because it is half-way between the towns of [[Danville, Illinois|Danville]] and [[Bloomington, Illinois|Bloomington]].<ref name="Jackson" /> In 1871, the name of the village was changed to Mahomet because there was already another Middletown in Illinois, which was causing mail problems.<ref name="MCC" /> Most early settlers came from [[Ohio]], [[Virginia]], [[Kentucky]], and [[Pennsylvania]] and chose to reside in Mahomet because there was abundant water from the [[Sangamon River]] and abundant trees. Currently, most residents commute around {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} to the cities of [[Champaign, Illinois|Champaign]] and [[Urbana, Illinois|Urbana]] to work, although the village has a thriving small business district.

In 2007, the citizens of Mahomet voted to repeal the alcohol [[prohibition]] order that had been in place since [[World War II]].