Editing Foosland, Illinois (section)

==History==
Foosland was founded in 1874 and a post office was established on June 19 that year.<ref name="Callary"/> The town is named after William Foos, an Ohioan who was instrumental in the establishment of the town, and in the placement there of a station of the Chicago-Paducah railroad. He bought and drained about 3,500 acres of nearby land and, through a local superintendent, managed a tenant farming operation.<ref name="NewsGaz-2019-06-23">{{cite news
| title=Residents stick together in Foosland
| url=https://www.news-gazette.com/news/small-towns-big-deals-residents-stick-together-in-foosland/article_f6adc01b-54f8-5c00-8f19-737c04fb76a2.html
| first=Tracy | last=Crane | publisher=[[The News-Gazette (Champaign–Urbana)|The News-Gazette]] | date=June 23, 2019 | access-date=July 6, 2019
}}
</ref> Foosland was incorporated in 1959. Champaign County Judge Frederick S. Green approved a canvass of votes of elected officers. The first mayor was Paul Verkler.
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