Tolono, Illinois

Tolono
Tolono
Village
	Tolono Historical Society & Veteran's Museum
	Location of Tolono in Champaign County, Illinois.
	Tolono Location within Champaign County Tolono Tolono (Illinois)
	Coordinates: 39°59′10″N 88°15′35″W / 39.98611°N 88.25972°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Champaign
Township	Tolono
Government
• Village President	Rob Murphy
Area
• Total	2.06 sq mi (5.34 km2)
• Land	2.06 sq mi (5.34 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population (2020)
• Total	3,604
• Density	1,748.67/sq mi (675.07/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	61880
Area code	217
FIPS code	17-75614
Website	http://tolonoil.us/

Tolono is a village in Tolono Township, Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,604 at the 2020 census. Its name was fabricated by J.B. Calhoun, land commission of the Illinois Central Railroad, who wrote about it simply: "[I] placed the vowel o three times, thus o-o-o, and filling in with the consonants t-l-n."^[2]^[3]

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ Stewart, pg. 362
^ Illinois Central Magazine. Illinois Central Railroad Company. 1922. p. 46.

[CenPopGazetteer2020-1] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

[2] Stewart, pg. 362

[3] Illinois Central Magazine. Illinois Central Railroad Company. 1922. p. 46.

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