Local Wiki
Champaign County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 7, 2026- County Board meets
- Third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Meeting location
- Lyle Shields Meeting Room, Brookens Administrative Center, 1776 E. Washington St., Urbana, IL 61802.
- County Clerk
- Aaron O. Ammons · 217-384-3720 · elections@champaigncountyclerkil.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.champaigncountyil.gov/countyboard/countyboard.php
- Chair, County Board
- Champaign County Board, 22 members (two from each of 11 districts). Governed under County Executive form (County Executive: Steve Summers); the Board Chair is chosen by the board from among its members. Chair: Jennifer Locke, who succeeded Kyle Patterson after he stepped down for health reasons — a real leadership change since the December 2025 directory.
Other Local Government Here
Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
Villages (22)
- Allerton
- Bondville
- Broadlands
- Fisher (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Foosland
- Gifford (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Homer (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Ivesdale
- Longview
- Ludlow
- Mahomet (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Ogden
- Pesotum (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Philo (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Rantoul (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Royal
- Sadorus
- Savoy
- Sidney
- St. Joseph (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Thomasboro (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Tolono
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
School districts (15)
- Champaign CUSD 4
- Fisher CUSD 1
- Gifford Ccsd 188
- Heritage CUSD 8
- Ludlow Ccsd 142
- Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3
- Prairieview-Ogden Ccsd 197
- Rantoul City SD 137
- Rantoul Township Hsd 193
- St Joseph Ccsd 169
- St Joseph Ogden Chsd 305
- Thomasboro Ccsd 130
- Tolono CUSD 7
- University of Ill Lab School
- Urbana SD 116
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Special districts · Drainage (73)
- Beaver Lake Drainage District
- Big Slough Special Drainage District
- Blackford Slough Drainage District
- Camp Creek Special Drainage District
- Condit Township Drainage District 1
- Conkey Branch Special Drainage District
- Conrad-Fisher Mutual Drainage District
- Crittenden Township Drainage District 1
- Dillsburg Special Drainage District
- Dry Fork Mutual Drainage District
- East Lake Fork Special Drainage District
- Embarass River Mutual Drainage District
- Embarass River Special Drainage District
- Flatville Special Drainage District
- Fountain Head Drainage District
- Harwood Kerr Drainage District
- Hillsbury Slough Special Drainage District
- Kankakee Drainage District
- Kaskaskia Special Drainage District
- Kerr Compromise Mutual Drainage District
- Little Vermilion Special Drainage District
- Long Branch Mutual Drainage District
- Long Point Slough Special Drainage District
- Lotus Special Drainage District
- Lower Big Slough Drainage District
- Ludlow Special Drainage District
- Nelson Moore Fairfield Drainage District
- Newcomb Special Drainage District
- Ogden and Oakwood Union Drainage District 1
- Ogden Drainage District 10
- Okaw Drainage District
- Owl Creek Drainage District
- Pesotum Consolidated Drainage District
- Pesotum Slough Special Drainage District
- Philo-Crittenden Drainage District 1
- Phinney Branch Mutual Drainage District
- Prairie Creek Drainage District
- Raup Drainage District
- Raymond-Murdock Drainage District 1
- Saint Joseph Drainage District 3
- Saint Joseph Drainage District 4
- Saint Joseph Ogden Drainage District 2
- Saint Joseph Ogden Drainage District 7
- Saint Joseph Thomas Paine Drainage District 3
- Saline Branch Drainage District
- Salt Fork Drainage District
- Sangamon Drummer Drainage District
- Scott Drainage District 1
- Scott Drainage District 2
- Sidney Drainage District 1
- Sidney Town Drainage District 2
- Silver Creek Drainage District
- Somer Stanton Drainage District 2
- Somer Township Drainage District 1
- South Fork Drainage District
- South Homer Drainage District 1
- South Homer Sidney Drainage District 3
- South Homer Union Drainage District 2
- Spoon River Drainage District
- St. Joseph No.6 Drainage District
- Stanton Special Drainage District
- Stanton Township Drainage District 1
- Stanton-Ogden Union Drainage District
- Triple Fork Drainage District
- Two Mile Slough Drainage District
- Union Drainage District 1 of Philo Urbana
- Union Drainage District 3 of Towns of South
- Upper Embarass River Basin Drainage District
- Upper Salt Fork Drainage District
- West Branch Drainage District
- Wildcat Special Drainage District
- Willow Branch Drainage District
- Wrisk Drainage District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Fire Protection (23)
- Broadlands Longview Fire Protection District
- Carroll Fire Protection District
- Cherry Hills Fire Protection District
- Corn Belt Fire Protection District
- Eastern Prairie Fire Protection District
- Edge-Scott Fire Protection District
- Gifford Fire Protection District
- Homer Fire Protection District
- Ivesdale Fire Protection District
- Lincolnshire Fields Fire Protection District
- Ludlow Fire Protection District
- Ogden Royal Fire Protection District
- Pesotum Fire Protection District
- Philo Fire Protection District
- Rolling Acres Fire Protection District
- Sadorus Fire Protection District
- Saint Joseph Stanton Fire Protection District
- Sangamon Valley Fire Protection District
- Scott Fire Protection District
- Sidney Fire Protection District
- Thomasboro Fire Protection District
- Tolono Fire Protection District
- Windsor Park Fire Protection District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Housing & Community Development (1)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts) · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
Special districts · Library (3)
- Mahomet Public Library District (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Philo Public Library District
- Tolono Public Library District (official website, opens in a new tab)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts) · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
Special districts · Parks & Recreation (4)
- Champaign Park District (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Rantoul Park District
- Tolono Park District
- Urbana Park District (official website, opens in a new tab)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts) · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
Special districts · Public Transit (1)
- Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Sewer (1)
- Urbana Champaign Sanitary District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Soil & Water Conservation (1)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts) · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
Special districts · Water & Sewer (1)
- Sangamon Valley Public Water District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Water Supply (2)
- Dewey Community Public Water District
- Seymour Water Service District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)