Towanda, IL

Towanda is a village in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 431 residents. Towanda is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area. The land on which Towanda stands was first entered by Charles Badeau who had graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1840, and was employed as the assistant to the chief engineer of what was then the Alton and Springfield Railroad. In Towanda, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Towanda, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Towanda is in central McLean County, 6 miles northeast of Normal and 8 miles northeast of Bloomington, the McLean county seat. Interstate 55 crosses the northwest corner of the village, with access from Exit 171. Towanda includes the land on which Towanda stands was first entered by Charles Badeau who had graduated from Wesleyan University.