Sadorus is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.

[3] According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Sadorus has a total area of 1.03 square miles (2.67 km2), all land.

The train had already passed through the residential area of the town when it derailed so nobody was injured.

It is believed that soggy soil underneath the tracks caused the derailment.

30.77% of all households were made up of individuals and 24.36% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[9] It is believed that the large rock was deposited by melting glaciers in the relatively un-rocky fields of Champaign county during the end of the last ice age.