Villa Grove, Illinois

The Henson House is a historic house at 103 N. Henson Road in Villa Grove, Illinois. The house was built in 1871 for George W. Henson, a local landowner and a major figure in Villa Grove's establishment. The Henson House was the first house in the Villa Grove area, and Henson sold the city's original site to the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad when it built a line through the area; even the city's name came from a nickname for the Henson House, "the villa in the grove". The house originally had an Italianate design, which can still be seen in its projecting bay window and its tall arched windows. Later redesigns of the house introduced elements of the Neoclassical style, such as the columns and pediment on its front porch, and the Arts and Crafts style, such as the wooden front doors.The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 31, 2020.

Camargo Township is one of nine townships in Douglas County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,538 and it contained 1,569 housing units.

Fairland is an unincorporated community in Douglas county, Illinois, United States. Fairland is located along a disused railroad line east of Villa Grove.

Camargo is a village in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. The population was 452 at the 2020 census. Camargo is at the intersection of Illinois Route 130 and U.S. Route 36. Camargo is the oldest township in Douglas County.

Crittenden Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 337 and it contained 134 housing units.

West Ridge is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. West Ridge is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of Camargo.

Bongard is an unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. Bongard is northeast of Villa Grove.

Patterson Springs is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. Patterson Springs is located on U.S. Route 36, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west-southwest of Camargo.

Murdock Township is one of nine townships in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 210 and it contained 115 housing units. It was formed from Camargo and Newman townships on December 7, 1882.

Longview is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 112 at the 2020 census.

Murdock is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. Its elevation is 640 feet (195 m). Although Murdock is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 61941.On September 2, 1983, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train derailed at about 3:30 p.m., starting a fire. The fire heated tanks filled with liquefied petroleum gas, resulting in two large boiling liquid expanding vapor explosions. The force of the first explosion catapulted one of the tanker cars 3,630 feet (1,110 m) into the wilderness. As night fell, the fire continued to burn, and the second explosion created a blinding light as if it was daylight at night. Both of these incidents were caught on video and shown on television programs and news segments around the world.

Philo is a village about nine miles south of Urbana in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,392 at the 2020 census.