Mahomet is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States, along the Sangamon River.

Mahomet is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Champaign at the junction of Interstate 74 and Illinois Route 47.

With the arrival of the railroad, the town embraced the name of its post office in 1871 because there already was a Middletown, Illinois.

[citation needed] Local historian, Gregory Pasley, claims the Post Office held the name of "Mahomet" by 1838 and says this was before the Masonic Lodge was established in the village.

[7] Henry Gannett's book, The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, proposes Muhammad as the town's namesake.

[4] In 1871, the name of the village was changed to Mahomet because there was already another Middletown in Illinois, which was causing mail problems.

Currently, most residents commute around 10 miles (16 km) to the cities of Champaign and Urbana to work, although the village has a thriving small business district.

In 2007, the citizens of Mahomet voted to repeal the alcohol prohibition order that had been in place since World War II.

The park features a botanical garden, a lake, a picturesque covered bridge and also offers activities like boating, fishing, cross country skiing, and sledding.