The City of Urbana serves as the county seat of Champaign County, Ohio, and was founded in 1805.

Frontiersman Simon Kenton is buried in the city’s Oakdale Cemetery. Urbana native and American sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward is also buried in Oakdale Cemetery beside a copy of his ‘Indian Hunter’ sculpture.

 

 

 

Urbana is conveniently nestled in Champaign County in the heart of west central Ohio.

  • Incorporated in 1868
  • Approximately 6.8 square miles
  • Population 11,793 as of 2010 census
  • Home to Urbana University, a liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1500 and a 128-acre campus
  • Two national residential historic districts and multiple single sites on the registry
  • According to the Ohio Historical Society, in 1840 during the VanBuren-Harrison contest, downtown Urbana was the site for a national Whig convention dinner. Hanging nearby was a banner with the words "The People is Oll Korrect." This helped to perpetuate the national trend of using "OK," not only as a show of political support, but as a common phrase used today. (more)