Broadlands, IL

Broadlands is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, along the East Branch of the Embarras River. The 2020 census counted 316 residents. Originally owned by the Sullivant family, Broadlands was, at over 70,000 acres, one of the world's largest farms in the late 1860s. Broadlands was sold to John T. The through line in Broadlands is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Broadlands makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Alexander in 1866, and it was broken up upon his death in 1876 to pay his creditors.