Fithian Press
Fithian may refer to: *Fithian, Illinois *Philip Vickers Fithian Philip Vickers Fithian (1747–1776) was a peripatetic American tutor, best known for his journals and letters from 1773 to 1774 when he tutored at a Virginia plantation. Biography Philip Fithian was born in Greenwich Township, Cumberland County, ...

Fithian, Illinois
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. 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. Geography According to the 2010 census, Fithian has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the 2000 Census, there we ...
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