Mira, Illinois

Mira (or Myra Station) is an unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.

It was named for a 'prominent resident of [the] vicinity', Myra Silver; one contemporary newspaper article states she was killed by a train at the station.

The concrete elevator at the intersection of Illinois Route 130 and East Windsor Road was demolished in 1986.

On 30 November 1903 she was killed by a train approaching from the southeast as she was crossing the tracks to board at the station.

The variant spelling Mira first appeared on maps of Champaign County in the early 1900s and has persisted on some maps and highway signs, although it is not justified by local usage.

Map of Illinois highlighting Champaign County