URBANA

city, Champaign county, west-central Ohio, U.S., in a stock-raising and farming area, 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Dayton. Laid out in 1805 by Colonel William Ward of Virginia, it became the county seat in the same year and grew after a training camp was established there by General William Hull during the War of 1812. It was called Urbana, meaning refinement, or politeness. The coming after 1848 of the Pennsylvania, New York Central, and Erie railroads fostered industrial development. Manufactures now include plastic products, polishes, transportation lighting equipment, and farm machinery. Urbana College, based on the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg, was founded in 1850. Simon Kenton (17551836), the Indian fighter, is buried in Oakdale Cemetery, and Richard Stanhope, George Washington's valet (who is believed to have been 114 years old when he died), is buried in a cemetery at nearby Heathtown. The Soldier's Monument of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward (18301910), born in Urbana, is in Monument Square. The home of the writer and politician Brand Whitlock (18691934) stands on Main Street. Inc. village, 1816; city, 1868. Pop. (1990) 11,353. city, seat (1833) of Champaign county, east-central Illinois, U.S., contiguous on the west with Champaign. The cities are often called Champaign-Urbana. Settled in 1822 and named for Urbana, Ohio, it shares with Champaign the main campus of the University of Illinois (established in 1867 as the Illinois Industrial University). The economy is also dependent on agricultural activities, light manufacturing, and the Chanute Air Force Base at nearby Rantoul. A tablet in the Champaign County Court House commemorates the occasion when Abraham Lincoln spoke there against the KansasNebraska Bill (1854). Lorado Taft's statue depicting Lincoln as a young lawyer is in Carle Park. Inc. 1855. Pop. (1990) city, 36,344; Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul MSA, 173,025.