Ivesdale, IL

Ivesdale is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States; a very small portion of the village extends into Piatt County, Illinois. The 2020 census counted 265 residents. Ivesdale is served by Saint Joseph Catholic Parish and is home to Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church which is known locally as "The Cathedral of the Cornfield". Bernard Alblinger, who served as mayor from 1963 until his death in 2011, was the second-longest-serving mayor in the history of Illinois, serving a total of 48 consecutive years. The short version is that Ivesdale carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Ivesdale: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Ivesdale is home to Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church which is known locally as "The Cathedral of the Cornfield".