Foosland, Illinois
human settlement in Illinois, United States of America
Foosland is a village in Brown Township, Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 75 at the 2020 census. The village is named after William Foos, who owned 3,500 acres in the area in the 1840s.
Geography
Foosland is located in the northwest corner of Champaign County three miles southeast of Illinois Route 54. Gibson City lies nine miles to the northeast along Route 54 and Champaign is approximately 22 miles to the southeast. Lone Tree Creek, a tributary to the Sangamon River, flows past the south side of the community.
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Foosland has a total area of 0.07 square miles (0.18 km2), all land.
Demographics
As of the 2020 census, there were 75 people, 24 households, and 10 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,086.96 inhabitants per square mile (419.68/km2). There were 44 housing units at an average density of 637.68 per square mile (246.21/km2).
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