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Broadlands is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, along the East Branch of the Embarras River. The population was 316 at the 2020 census. Originally owned by the Sullivant family, Broadlands was, at over 70,000 acres (280 km2), one of the world's largest farms in the late 1860s. Broadlands was sold to John T. Alexander in 1866, and it was broken up upon his death in 1876 to pay his creditors.

Broadlands was established in 1876. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 349 to 316 (-9%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.