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Fithian is a village in Oakwood Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 485 at the 2010 census.

Fithian village overview:
Name:	Fithian village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Illinois
County:	Vermilion County
Elevation:	663 ft (202 m)
Total Area:	0.38 sq mi (0.99 km²)
Land Area:	0.38 sq mi (0.99 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	488
Population Density:	1,274.15/sq mi (492.39/km²)
ZIP code:	61844
Area code:	217
FIPS code:	1726233

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History

The town was named after Dr. William Fithian, who donated some of the land for the community; he came to Danville in 1830 and had a farm just a mile west of the site of the town of Fithian. He was a friend and supporter of Abraham Lincoln, who was reputed to have stayed at the farm often in the mid-19th century, as he traveled on his circuit prior to his presidency. Fithian served terms in the Illinois House and Senate. The town of Fithian was a center for trading livestock and grain; it thrived when the Illinois Traction System (an interurban railroad) went through in 1903, and declined along with the ITS, especially during the Great Depression.