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  1. Urbana (/ ɜːr ˈ b æ n ə / ur-BAN-ə) is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. 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 236,000 residents in 2020.

  2. City of Urbana Regular Business Offices Closed for Juneteenth. Recycling Batteries. Homelessness Rise Reveals Need for Services. City of Urbana Proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget.

  3. Urbana is a walk-able community with one of the best transit systems in the nation. It's also the only gold-level bicycle friendly community in Illinois. Trees, Trees and More Trees! National recognition as "Tree City USA" since 1976, with over 100,000 trees! A Safe Community.

    • Spurlock Museum. For visitors the prime attraction on the Urbana side of the U of I campus is this ethnographic museum, with more than 50,000 artifacts in its collections.
    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Tour. If you’re into historic architecture and public art you could pass a very agreeable hour or two touring the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, straddling the boundary between Urbana and Champaign.
    • Crystal Lake Park. The oldest park in the Urbana Park District was laid out as long ago as 1907. This was the site of the first Euro-American settlement in the area, and later in the 19th century became the privately owned Union Park.
    • Historic Urbana Self-Guided Tour. Downtown Urbana also has its fair share of intriguing sights and you can download an itinerary from the city website outlining the main landmarks and filling you in on Urbana’s origins and development.
  4. May 26, 2024 · Urbana, city, seat (1833) of Champaign county, east-central Illinois, U.S. Urbana is contiguous with Champaign (west), about 135 miles (220 km) southwest of Chicago. The two cities are often called Champaign-Urbana. The area was first settled in 1822, and in 1833 the city was founded as the county.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. Dec 23, 2023 · The Champaign-Urbana metropolitan area stands out from its agricultural surroundings in central Illinois. This sprawling community is roughly 130 miles from both Chicago and Indianapolis and is defined much in part by the campus of the University of Illinois , home of the Fighting Illini.

  6. Jun 18, 2019 · Explore the very best that this historic town has to offer by reading up on the best things to do in Urbana, Illinois. Urbana is chic and urbane while maintaining its salt-of-the-earth roots at the same time.