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CITIES, TOWNSHIPS AND OTHER
MUNICIPALITIES
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AKRON TOWNSHIP is
located in Peoria County, Illinois. The village of Princeville
is partially located in Akron Township along its western border. |
| BARTONVILLE is a
Village in Peoria County, Illinois |
| BELLEVUE is a
village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Bellevue is a
suburb of Peoria and is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan
Statistical Area. |
| BRIMFIELD TOWNSHIP
is located in Peoria County, Illinois. The village of Brimfield is
located in Brimfield Township. |
| -- BRIMFIELD
(formerly Charleston) is a village in Peoria County,
Illinois, United States. |
| CHILLICOTHE is a
City on the Illinois River in Peoria County, Illinois. Chillicothe
is just north of the city of Peoria and is part of the Peoria
Metropolitan Statistical Area. |
| -- CHILLICOTHE TOWNSHIP is
located in Peoria County, Illinois. |
| DUNLAP, located
on Illinois 91, is a small village in Peoria County Illinois, United
States. Dunlap is part of the Peoria metropolitan area and
growth in the city of Peoria is extending towards the village. There
are only a handful of businesses in the village's 16 blocks. |
EDWARDS is an
unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois, United States.
Edwards is located on Illinois Route 8 northwest of downtown Peoria.
Edwards has a post office with ZIP Code 61528; the Post Office is
now located on Dubois Road just south of Interstate 74 exit 82, 2.1
miles (3.4 km) north of the original Edwards.
Edwards is in section 19 of Kickapoo Township, and was
previously called Edwards Station, as a train station on the Peoria
and Galesburg division of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad, originally the Peoria, Oquawka and Burlington Railroad in
1857 when the railroad was completed and the station opened. The
first settler, Isaac Jones, died in 1840. |
| ELMWOOD
TOWNSHIP is located in Peoria County,
Illinois. |
| -- ELMWOOD is a city in Peoria
County, Illinois, United States. Elmwood is part of the Peoria,
Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Growth in the city of Peoria
is extending towards Elmwood, in addition to the village of Dunlap. |
| KINGSTON MILES is
a Village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. It is part of
the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. |
| GLASFORD is a
village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Glasford is part
of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. |
| HALLOCK TOWNSHIP
is located in Peoria County, Illinois, United States |
HANNA CITY is a
Village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Hanna City is
part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Hanna City was founded in 1882 and named after William Hanna (born
1827), who was president of the Peoria-Farmington Railroad, which
ran through Hanna City. While originally a farming community, coal
was soon discovered under the town. The coal mine was a major factor
in the early years of the town and kept it thriving for more than
half a century. The main coal mine shaft was near the intersection
of Second St and the railroad. Remnants of the coal mine can still
be found, e.g., air shaft near old Grade School. Hanna City is also
the home of the locally famous restaurant Gils. |
| HOLLIS TOWNSHIP
is located in Peoria County, Illinois. The village of Mapleton is
the only incorporated town in the township. |
| JUBILEE TOWNSHIP
is located in Peoria County, Illinois. |
| KICKAPOO TOWNSHIP
is located in Peoria County, Illinois. Kickapoo Township changed its
name from Orange Township on an unknown date, but the best guess is
1850. |
| KINGSTON MINES is
a Village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. It is part of
the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. |
| LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP
is located in Peoria County, Illinois. |
| LOGAN TOWNSHIP
is
located in Peoria County, Illinois. |
| MEDINA TOWNSHIP
is located North of Peoria County, Illinois, and in the Illinois
River Valley (West of the river itself). Medina Township
changed its name from Franklin Township on an unknown date, but most
likely in 1850. |
| MAPLETON is a
Village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Mapleton is part
of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. There are
three different plants in Mapleton, all located along U.S. Route 24:
an Evonik chemical plant, a Lonza Group plant, and a Caterpillar
Inc. foundry. |
| MILLBROOK TOWNSHIP
is located in Peoria County, Illinois. |
| NORWOOD is a
Village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Norwood, just
outside of Peoria, is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan
Statistical Area. |
PEORIA is a city
in and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States,
and the largest city on the Illinois River. Established in 1691 by
the French explorer Henri de Tonti, Peoria is the oldest European
settlement in Illinois, and is named after the Peoria tribe. Peoria
is the headquarters for Caterpillar Inc., one of the 30 companies
composing the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Peoria is one of the oldest settlements in Illinois, as explorers
first ventured up the Illinois River from the Mississippi. The lands
that eventually would become Peoria were first settled in 1680, when
French explorers René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Henri
de Tonti constructed Fort Crevecoeur. This fort would later burn to
the ground, and in 1813 Fort Clark, Illinois was built. When the
County of Peoria was organized in 1825, Fort Clark was officially
named Peoria.
Peoria was named after the Peoria tribe, a member of
the Illinois Confederation. The original meaning of the word is
uncertain; a recent proposal suggests a derivation from a
Proto-Algonquian word meaning "to dream with the help of a manitou".
Peoria was incorporated as a village on March 11, 1835. The city did
not have a mayor, though they had a village president, Rudolphus
Rouse, who served from 1835 to 1836. The first Chief of Police, John
B Lishk, was appointed in 1837. The city was incorporated on April
21, 1845. This was the end of a village president and the start of
the mayoral system, with the first mayor being William Hale.
Peoria, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, was named after Peoria,
Illinois because the two men that founded it in 1890 − Joseph B.
Greenhut and Deloss S. Brown − wished to name it after their
hometown |
| PEORIA HEIGHTS
is
a Village lying almost entirely in Peoria County in the U.S. state
of Illinois. Peoria Heights is a suburb of Peoria and is surrounded
by the city except for its eastern boundary on Peoria Lake, a
relatively wider section of the Illinois River. It is part of the
Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. |
| PRINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP
is located in Peoria County, Illinois. The township shares a
border with Stark County to the North. It also borders
Millbrook Township to the West, Akron Township to the East and the
Jubilee Township to the South. |
| -- PRINCEVILLE
is a Village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. It is part
of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. |
| RADNOR
TOWNSHIP is located in Peoria County, Illinois.
Radnor Township first changed its name from Benton Township to
Fremont Township, then to Radnor. The exact dates are unknown,
but thought to be 1850. |
RICHWOODS TOWNSHIP
is located in Peoria County, Illinois.
Part of Richwoods Township was given to City of Peoria
Township when it was organized as a township in 1907. Until 1991,
the City of Peoria Township grew as the city of Peoria did, and
today, most of what was originally Richwoods Township lies within
the 1991 city limits of Peoria, and therefore in the Township of the
City of Peoria; however, small parts of Richwoods Township's
northern sections remained when the boundaries of the Township of
the City of Peoria were fixed in place by law in the 1990s, and
these, along with the entire village of Peoria Heights, remain as
Richwoods Township. |
| ROSEFIELD TOWNSHIP,
is located in Peoria County, Illinois. |
| TIMBER TOWNSHIP,
is located in Peoria County, Illinois. |
| TRIVOLI TOWNSHIP,
is located in Peoria County, Illinois. |
| WEST PEORIA TOWNSHIP
is located in Peoria County, Illinois. West Peoria was the portion
of Peoria Township that was left when the City of Peoria Township
was formed in 1907. It has two parts: the northern, most of which
also became the city of West Peoria, Illinois in 1993; and the
southern, a triangle between Bartonville, Peoria, and the Illinois
River, and including part of Bartonville. |
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