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Peoria, Illinois

Coordinates: 40°41′34″N 89°35′26″W / 40.69278°N 89.59056°W / 40.69278; -89.59056
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Peoria
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Riverfront Museum
Hotel Père Marquette
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Coordinates: 40°41′34″N 89°35′26″W / 40.69278°N 89.59056°W / 40.69278; -89.59056
Country United States
State Illinois
CountyPeoria
TownshipsPeoria City, Richwoods, West Peoria
Settled1691
Incorporated Town1835
Incorporated City1845
Named forPeoria people
Government
 • TypeCouncil-Manager
 • MayorRita Ali (D)
 • City ManagerPatrick Urich
 • City ClerkStefanie Tarr
 • City TreasurerSteve Morris
Area
[1]
 • City50.55 sq mi (130.93 km2)
 • Land47.97 sq mi (124.24 km2)
 • Water2.58 sq mi (6.69 km2)
Elevation
502 ft (153 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • City113,150 (8th in Illinois)
 • Density2,359/sq mi (911/km2)
 • Urban
259,781 (US: 156th)[2]
 • Urban density1,781.9/sq mi (688.0/km2)
 • Metro
402,391 (US: 138th)
DemonymPeorian
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes
29 total ZIP Codes:
  • 61601–61607, 61612–61615, 61625, 61629, 61630, 61633, 61634, 61636–61639, 61641, 61643, 61650–61656[3]
Area code309
FIPS code17-59000
Websitewww.peoriagov.org

Peoria (/piˈɔːriə/ pee-OR-ee-ə) is a city in and county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States.[4] Located on the Illinois River, the city had a population of 113,150 as of the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in Illinois.[5][6] It is the principal city of the Peoria metropolitan area in Central Illinois, consisting of the counties of Fulton, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford, which had a population of 402,391 in 2020.

Established in 1691 by the French explorer Henri de Tonti, Peoria is the oldest permanent European settlement in Illinois according to the Illinois State Archaeological Survey.[7] Originally[vague] known as Fort Clark, it received its current name when the County of Peoria was organized in 1825. The city was named after the Peoria people, a member of the Illinois Confederation. On October 16, 1854, Abraham Lincoln made his Peoria speech against the Kansas-Nebraska Act.[8][9] Prior to prohibition, Peoria was the center of the whiskey industry in the United States. More than 12 distilleries operated in Peoria by the end of the 19th century, more than any other city in the U.S.[10]

A major port on the Illinois River, Peoria is a trading and shipping center for a large agricultural area that produces corn, soybeans, and livestock. Although the economy is well diversified, the city's traditional manufacturing industries remain important and produce earthmoving equipment, metal products, lawn-care equipment, labels, steel towers, farm equipment, building materials, steel, wire, and chemicals.[11] Until 2018, Peoria was the global and national headquarters for heavy equipment and engine manufacturer Caterpillar Inc., one of the 30 companies composing the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and listed on the Fortune 100; in the latter year, the company relocated its headquarters to Deerfield, Illinois.[12][13]

The city is associated with the phrase "Will it play in Peoria?", which may have originated from the vaudeville era and is often spuriously attributed to Groucho Marx. Museums in the city include the Pettengill–Morron House, the John C. Flanagan House, and the Peoria Riverfront Museum.

History

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Main article: History of Peoria, Illinois

Peoria is the oldest European settlement in Illinois, as explorers first ventured up the Illinois River from the Mississippi. The lands that eventually would become Peoria were first settled by Europeans in 1680, when French explorers René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Henri de Tonti constructed Fort Crevecoeur.[7] 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.[14]

Peoria was named after the Peoria tribe, a member of the Illinois Confederation. The original meaning of the word is uncertain.[15] A 21st-century proposal suggests a derivation from a Proto-Algonquian word meaning "to dream with the help of a manitou."[16]

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.[17][18][19]

Peoria, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, was named after Peoria, Illinois because the two men who founded it in 1890 − Joseph B. Greenhut and Deloss S. Brown − wished to name it after their hometown.[20]

Peoria was significant in the world of bicycle racing during the late 19th century. Held at Lake View Park, its U.S. bicycle racing stop hosted such notable names as Marshall "Major" Taylor, who would later become world champion. Taylor described Peoria as the "Mecca" for the sport.[21][22]

For much of the 20th century, a red-light district of brothels and bars known as the Merry-Go-Round was part of Peoria.[23]

Richard Pryor got his start as a performer on North Washington Street in the early 1960s.[24]

In 2021, Rita Ali became Peoria's first female and African American mayor.[25][26][27]

Notable events

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  • September 19 to October 21, 1813 – Peoria War[28][29]
  • 1844 – Abraham Lincoln came to Peoria to get involved in the Aquilla Wren divorce case and took it to the Supreme Court of Illinois[30]
  • April 15, 1926 – Charles Lindbergh's first air mail route, Contract Air Mail route #2, began running mail from Chicago to Peoria to Springfield to St. Louis and back.[31] There is nothing to substantiate the local legend that Lindbergh offered Peoria the chance to sponsor his trans-Atlantic flight and call his plane the "Spirit of Peoria," but he does state that he first pondered the journey after taking off from the Peoria air mail field.[32]
  • 1942 – Penicillium chrysogenum, the fungus originally used to industrially produce penicillin, was first isolated from a moldy cantaloupe found in a grocery store in Peoria.
  • Local legend is that Theodore Roosevelt called Grandview Drive, a street on the bluffs overlooking the Illinois River "the world's most beautiful drive" during his visit in 1910.[33] However, no contemporaneous accounts of this story appeared, even in local papers and histories, for over two decades after it supposedly occurred. A related legend claims that the Peoria radio station and CBS television affiliate, WMBD, chose its call sign based on this story. In fact, the WMBD letters were assigned randomly and the meaning behind it was invented after the fact in 1927.[34]

Geography

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According to the 2010 census, Peoria has a total area of 50.23 square miles (130.10 km2), of which 48.01 square miles (124.35 km2) (or 95.58%) is land and 2.22 square miles (5.75 km2) (or 4.42%) is water.[35]

Climate

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Peoria has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa), with cold, snowy winters, and hot, humid summers. Monthly daily mean temperatures range from 22.5 °F (−5.3 °C) to 75.2 °F (24.0 °C). Snowfall is common in the winter, averaging 26.3 inches (67 cm), but this figure varies considerably from year to year. Precipitation, averaging 36 inches (914 mm), peaks in the spring and summer, and is the lowest in winter. Extremes have ranged from −27 °F (−33 °C) in January 1884 to 113 °F (45 °C) in July 1936.[36]

Climate data for Peoria, Illinois (Peoria Int'l), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1883–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 71
(22) 		78
(26) 		87
(31) 		92
(33) 		104
(40) 		105
(41) 		113
(45) 		106
(41) 		104
(40) 		93
(34) 		81
(27) 		71
(22) 		113
(45)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 55.0
(12.8) 		59.6
(15.3) 		73.3
(22.9) 		82.1
(27.8) 		88.4
(31.3) 		93.4
(34.1) 		94.9
(34.9) 		94.1
(34.5) 		90.8
(32.7) 		83.7
(28.7) 		69.9
(21.1) 		59.2
(15.1) 		96.9
(36.1)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 33.6
(0.9) 		38.7
(3.7) 		51.2
(10.7) 		63.7
(17.6) 		74.2
(23.4) 		83.2
(28.4) 		86.3
(30.2) 		84.6
(29.2) 		78.4
(25.8) 		65.4
(18.6) 		50.8
(10.4) 		38.5
(3.6) 		62.4
(16.9)
Daily mean °F (°C) 25.6
(−3.6) 		30.0
(−1.1) 		41.4
(5.2) 		52.9
(11.6) 		63.5
(17.5) 		72.8
(22.7) 		76.3
(24.6) 		74.5
(23.6) 		67.4
(19.7) 		54.9
(12.7) 		41.9
(5.5) 		30.9
(−0.6) 		52.7
(11.5)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 17.6
(−8.0) 		21.4
(−5.9) 		31.6
(−0.2) 		42.1
(5.6) 		52.8
(11.6) 		62.4
(16.9) 		66.3
(19.1) 		64.4
(18.0) 		56.3
(13.5) 		44.4
(6.9) 		33.0
(0.6) 		23.2
(−4.9) 		43.0
(6.1)
Mean minimum °F (°C) −5.5
(−20.8) 		1.6
(−16.9) 		12.0
(−11.1) 		26.8
(−2.9) 		37.6
(3.1) 		49.3
(9.6) 		55.7
(13.2) 		54.1
(12.3) 		41.6
(5.3) 		28.6
(−1.9) 		16.3
(−8.7) 		2.7
(−16.3) 		−9.0
(−22.8)
Record low °F (°C) −27
(−33) 		−26
(−32) 		−10
(−23) 		14
(−10) 		25
(−4) 		39
(4) 		46
(8) 		41
(5) 		26
(−3) 		7
(−14) 		−2
(−19) 		−24
(−31) 		−27
(−33)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 2.06
(52) 		1.99
(51) 		2.69
(68) 		3.99
(101) 		4.69
(119) 		3.73
(95) 		3.53
(90) 		3.31
(84) 		3.48
(88) 		3.17
(81) 		2.70
(69) 		2.21
(56) 		37.55
(954)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 7.7
(20) 		6.9
(18) 		3.3
(8.4) 		0.5
(1.3) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.1
(0.25) 		1.5
(3.8) 		6.2
(16) 		26.2
(67)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 9.9 9.2 10.5 11.6 12.5 10.5 8.7 8.4 7.6 9.5 9.1 9.7 117.2
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 6.2 4.9 2.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.4 4.6 20.0
Average relative humidity (%) 73.9 73.8 70.5 64.7 66.2 67.3 71.7 73.7 72.7 70.4 74.5 78.0 71.5
Mean monthly sunshine hours 147.4 155.6 187.9 222.8 272.6 306.9 310.1 279.3 233.2 204.2 127.9 118.7 2,566.6
Percent possible sunshine 53 53 50 57 63 69 70 68 66 62 47 44 60
Source: NOAA (sun and relative humidity 1961–1990)[37][38][39]
Panorama of downtown Peoria, viewed from across the Illinois River in East Peoria. In the middle are the Twin Towers, the Former Caterpillar World Headquarters Building, and the Associated Bank Building

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18401,467—
18505,095247.3%
186014,045175.7%
187022,84962.7%
188029,25928.1%
189041,02440.2%
190056,10036.7%
191066,95019.3%
192076,12113.7%
1930104,96937.9%
1940105,0870.1%
1950111,8566.4%
1960103,162−7.8%
1970126,96323.1%
1980124,160−2.2%
1990113,504−8.6%
2000112,936−0.5%
2010115,0071.8%
2020113,150−1.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[40]
2010[41] 2020[42]
Map of racial distribution in Peoria, 2020 U.S. census. Each dot is one person: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Multiracial ⬤ Native American/Other

2020 census

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Peoria, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[43] Pop 2010[41] Pop 2020[42] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 77,138 69,454 60,364 68.30% 60.39% 53.35%
Black or African American alone (NH) 27,783 30,705 31,213 24.60% 26.70% 27.59%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 207 233 229 0.18% 0.20% 0.20%
Asian alone (NH) 2,603 5,214 7,184 2.30% 4.53% 6.35%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 31 27 42 0.03% 0.02% 0.04%
Other race alone (NH) 230 241 586 0.20% 0.21% 0.52%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 2,105 3,505 5,633 1.86% 3.05% 4.98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,839 5,628 7,899 2.51% 4.89% 6.98%
Total 112,936 115,007 113,150 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

According to the 2021 American Community Survey, Peoria's poverty rate was 19.7 percent.[44] Median household income was estimated to be 53,568 in 2022. Population was estimated to have decreased approximately 1.9% from 113,176 to 111,021 between 2020 and 2022.[44]

According to 24/7 Wall St, in 2018 Peoria ranked as the 5th worst city for Black Americans based on income, educational, and unemployment disparities between Black and White residents.[45][46]

2010 Census

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As of the census[47] of 2010, there were 115,021 people and 47,202 households residing in the city. The population density was 2,543 inhabitants per square mile (982/km2). There were 52,621 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 62.4% White, 26.9% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 4.6% Asian, and 3.6% of mixed races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.9% of the population. The city has a sizable, established Lebanese population with a long history in local business and government.

There were 45,199 households, out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.6% were married couples living together, 15.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. Individuals made up 33.2% of all households, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.04.

The age distribution of city population was the following: 25.7% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,397. The per capita income for the city was $20,512. Some 18.8% of the population was below the poverty line.

Economy

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The former headquarters of Caterpillar Inc., now the Caterpillar Administration Building

Industry

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Peoria's first major industry was started in 1830 by John Hamlin and John Sharp, who constructed the flour mill on Kickapoo Creek.[48] In 1837, another industry was begun with E.F. Nowland's pork planting industry. Many other industries started slowly in Peoria including carriage factories, pottery makers, wholesale warehousing, casting foundries, glucose factories, ice harvesting, and furniture makers.

Peoria became the first world leader for distilleries thanks to Andrew Eitle (1837), Almiron S. Cole (1844), and Joseph B. Greenhut.[49][50] Between 1837 and 1919, Peoria held over 24 distilleries and 73 breweries.[51][52] Together, they produced the highest amount of internal revenue tax on alcohol (also known as 'Sin Tax') of any single revenue district in the entire United States; as much as 50% of tax revenue during the Civil War came from Peoria's district, largely due to distilleries and breweries.[52][53] Peoria also was one of the major bootlegging areas during Prohibition and home to the famed mobsters, the Shelton brothers.[54] This great success placed Peoria into a building boom of beautiful private homes, schools, parks, churches, as well as municipal buildings.[50][51]

In addition to the distilleries came farm machinery manufacturing by William Nurse in 1837.[55] Also, two men called Toby and Anderson brought the steel plow circa 1843, which gained immediate success.[55] The dominant manufacturing companies in Peoria were Kingman Plow Co., Acme Harvester Co., Selby, Starr & Co., and Avery Manufacturing Co.[55][53] In 1889, Keystone Steel & Wire developed the first wire fence and has since been the nation's leading manufacturer.[56][57]

Around the 1880s, businesses such as Rouse Hazard Co. in Peoria, were dealers and importers of bicycles and accessories worldwide.[58] Charles Duryea, one of the cycle manufacturers, developed the first commercially available gasoline-powered automobile in the U.S. in 1893.[59]

At this time, agricultural implement production declined, which led the earth moving and tractor equipment companies to skyrocket and make Peoria in this field the world leader. In 1925, Caterpillar Tractor Co. was formed from California-based companies, Benjamin Holt Co. and the C.L. Best Tractor Co. Robert G. LeTourneau's earth moving company began its production of new scrapers and dozers in 1935 which evolved into Komatsu-Dresser, Haulpak Division.[60][61] Today, the joint venture between Komatsu and Dresser Industries has long since passed; Komatsu bought out Dresser in 1996.[53][62] The entity that remains is the off-highway truck manufacturing division for Komatsu America Corporation.[53]

The world headquarters for Caterpillar Inc. was based in Peoria for over 110 years until announcing their move to Deerfield, Illinois in late-2017.[63] Medicine has become a major part of Peoria's economy. In addition to three major hospitals, the USDA's National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, formerly called the USDA Northern Regional Research Lab, is located in Peoria. This is one of the labs where mass production of penicillin was developed.[64][65]

More recently Peoria has become a regional medical hub for central Illinois with recent hospital expansions. Peoria is ranked as the 6th midsize healthcare hub in the USA.[66]

Retail

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The city's largest mall is Northwoods Mall.[67] Other retail centers include The Shoppes at Grand Prairie,[68] Sheridan Village, Metro Centre,[69] Willow Knolls Court, and Westlake Shopping Center.

Businesses

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Renaissance Park was originally designated as a research park, originally established in May 2003 as the Peoria Medical and Technology District. It consisted of nine residential neighborhoods, Bradley University, the medical district, and the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research. The Peoria NEXT Innovation Center opened in August 2007 and provides both dry and wet labs, as well as conference and office space for emerging start-up companies. Over $2 billion in research is conducted in Peoria annually.[70] While the Renaissance Park research park project never came to full fruition, many of the original ideas from the original Renaissance Park concept still continue on a smaller level via The Renaissance Park Community Association.[71]

Businesses in Peoria with significant presence include:

Top employers

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According to Peoria's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[73] the top employers in the city are:

# Employer # of Employees
1 Caterpillar 12,000
2 OSF HealthCare 12,000
3 UnityPoint Health 4,991
4 Peoria Public Schools District 150 2,891
5 Bradley University 1,300
6 Advanced Technology Services 1,073
7 Liberty Steel & Wire 912
8 City of Peoria 888
9 Peoria County 831
10 Citizens Equity First Credit Union 814

Arts and culture

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Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception

Museums

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Museums in Peoria include the Pettengill-Morron House, the John C Flanagan House of the Peoria Historical Society, and the Wheels o' Time Museum. The Museum Block, opened on October 12, 2012, houses the Peoria Riverfront Museum and the Caterpillar World Visitors Center.[74]

The Museum Block, also known as Museum Square,[75] is a $100+ million project that contains the Peoria Riverfront Museum[76] and The Caterpillar Experience,[77] a museum and visitor's center showcasing Caterpillar past, present, and future.[78] It is located in downtown Peoria along the Illinois River at the site formerly known as the Sears Block or Washington Square.[75][79] The Block broke ground on September 7, 2010[75] and opened in October 2012.[80][81][82][83]

The Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum opened in June 2015 in the Glen Oak Pavilion.[84][85][86]

Festivals

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The Heart of Illinois Fair was established in 1949 and has run annually since.

The Peoria Art Guild hosts the Annual Art Fair, which is continually rated as one of the 100 top art fairs in the nation.[87]

The Steamboat Classic, held every summer, is the world's largest four-mile (6 km) running race and draws international runners.[88]

The Peoria Santa Claus Parade, which started in 1888, is the oldest running holiday parade in the United States.[89]

Performing arts

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Madison Theatre

The Peoria Symphony Orchestra is the 14th oldest in the nation. Peoria is also home to the Peoria Municipal Band, the Peoria Area Civic Chorale, the Youth Music Illinois (formerly known as Central Illinois Youth Symphony), Central Illinois Ballet, and the Peoria Ballet. Several community and professional theaters have their home in and around Peoria, including the Peoria Players, which is the fourth-oldest community theater in the nation and the oldest in Illinois.[90] Corn Stock Theatre is another community theater company in Peoria, and is the only outdoor theater company in Central Illinois.[91]

Peoria has hosted the Heart of Illinois Fair every year since 1949.[92] The fair features livestock competitions, rides, concessions, motor contests, and concerts.[93][94]

Civic Center

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Main articles: Peoria Civic Center and Hotel Pere Marquette
Peoria Civic Center

The Peoria Civic Center includes an arena, convention center, and theater, and opened June 6, 1982, was designed by the famed late architect Philip Johnson.[95] It completed a $55 million renovation and expansion by 2007.[96]

The Hotel Pere Marquette finished renovations in 2013[97] with a skyway linking to the Peoria Civic Center. A new 10-story Courtyard has been built adjacent to this hotel, completing a hotel campus for larger conventions.[citation needed]

The Civic Center hosts the Bradley University Men's Basketball team, the IHSA Boys State Basketball Championships and State Chess Championship. Which claims to be the largest chess team tournament in the United States: Beginning in 2018, the teams were narrowed to 128 by the use of sectional elimination competitions, and as of 2018 the tournament has about 1500 players, including up to 8 players and 4 alternates per team.[98]

Library

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Lincoln Branch Peoria Public Library, a Carnegie library

Library services in Peoria originated in 1855 with two rival libraries, the Peoria Mercantile Library and the Peoria Library, which consolidated in 1856 as the Peoria City Library, and contained over 1,500 volumes.[99] The Peoria Public Library has five locations, including the Lincoln Branch, a Carnegie library opened in 1911.

Registered historic places

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See also: List of City of Peoria Historic Landmarks and Districts

Sports

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See also: Category:Sports clubs and teams in Peoria, Illinois
Club League Sport Venue Established Championships
Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Baseball Dozer Park 1983 1 (2002)
Peoria Rivermen SPHL Ice Hockey Carver Arena 1982 5 (1985, 1991, 2000, 2022, 2024)
Peoria Mustangs NA3HL Ice Hockey Owens Center 2000 0
Peoria City USL League Two Association football Shea Stadium (Peoria, Illinois) 2020 0
Peoria Piggies[100][101]

(Rugby Football Club)

D4 Midwest League Rugby Catholic Charities 1958 0
Peoria Bootleggers[100][102][103] Rugby
Peoria Prowlers[104][105] Roller Derby 2019[106]
Bradley Braves Basketball Missouri Valley Basketball Carver Arena 2012

Former sports teams

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Club League Sport Venue Established Dissolved
Peoria Distillers Multiple Baseball Lake View Park 1894 1917
Caterpillar Diesels Amateur Athletic Association Baseball Peoria Armory

Robertson Field House

1937 1960
Peoria Redwings All-American Girls

Professional Baseball League

Baseball Peoria Stadium 1946 1951
Peoria Push Roller Derby WFTDA Apprentice League Roller Derby Expo Gardens 2010 2016[107]

Parks and recreation

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Grandview Drive, which Theodore Roosevelt purportedly called the "world's most beautiful drive" during a 1910 visit,[108][58] runs through both Peoria and Peoria Heights. In addition to Grandview Drive, the Peoria Park District contains 9,000 acres (36 km2) of parks and trails, making it the largest park system in Illinois. The Illinois River Bluff Trail connects four Peoria Park District parks: Camp Wokanda, Robinson Park, Green Valley Camp, and Detweiller Park; the Rock Island Greenway (13 miles) connects the State of Illinois Rock Island trail traveling north to Toulon, IL and also connects southeast to East Peoria, IL and to the Morton Community Bikeway. Other parks include the Forest Park Nature Center, which features seven miles of hiking trails through prairie openings and forested woodlands, Glen Oak Park, and Bradley Park, which features disc golf as well as a dog park. Peoria has five public golf courses as well as several private and semi-private golf courses. The Peoria Park District, the first and still largest park district in Illinois, was the 2001 Winner of the National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Parks and Recreation for Class II Parks.[109]

Various cultural institutions are located in Glen Oak Park. The Peoria Zoo, formerly Glen Oak Zoo, was expanded and refurbished in recent years. Finished in 2009, the new zoo improvements more than triple the size of the zoo and feature a major African safari exhibit.[110] Luthy Garden, established in 1951, is 5 acres (2.0 ha) and offers over a dozen theme gardens and a Conservatory.[111]

Government

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Peoria is a home rule municipality with a mayor and ten city council members. It has a council-manager form of government. The city is divided into five districts. Five council members are elected at-large via cumulative voting.[citation needed]

Elected officials[112]
Office Office holder
Mayor Rita Ali
City Council Member – District 1 Denise Jackson
City Council Member – District 2 Chuck Grayeb
City Council Member – District 3 Timothy Riggenbach
City Council Member – District 4 Andre Allen
City Council Member – District 5 Denis Cyr
City Council Member – At Large Kiran Velpula
City Council Member – At Large Zachary M. Oyler
City Council Member – At Large Mike Vespa
City Council Member – At Large Bernice Gordon-Young
City Council Member – At Large John L. Kelly
City/Township Clerk Stefanie Tarr
City Treasurer/Township Collector Stephen Morris
Township Supervisor LaTrina Leary
Township Assessor Max Schlafley

Township of the City of Peoria

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Outline of the Township of the City of Peoria in Peoria County

The Township of the City of Peoria (also City of Peoria Township) is a separate government from the City of Peoria, and performs the functions of civil township government in most of the city. The township was created by the Peoria County Board to match the boundaries of the City of Peoria, which until then had overlapped portions of Peoria Township (now West Peoria Township) and Richwoods Township.[113] The border of the township grew with the Peoria city limits until 1990, when it was frozen at its current boundaries, containing about 53 sq mi (140 km2);[114] the City of Peoria itself has continued expanding outside the City of Peoria Township borders into Kickapoo, Limestone, Medina, and Radnor township. In the years before the freeze, the Township of the City of Peoria had grown to take up most of the former area of Richwoods and what is now West Peoria Township.[citation needed]

This township has the following neighborhoods:

  • Averyville*
  • Central Peoria
  • Downtown
  • East Bluff
  • El Vista*
  • Glen Oak-Flanagan Historic District
  • Grandview Drive
  • Heart of Peoria
  • Moss-Bradley
  • North Valley
  • Northwest Peoria
  • Randolph-Roanoke Historic District
  • University East
  • The Uplands
  • West Bluff

* - unincorporated towns that were assimilated by the City of Peoria:

Education

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Peoria High School

Peoria is served by four public K-12 school districts:[115]

Bradley Hall at Bradley University

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria runs six schools in the city: five grade schools and Peoria Notre Dame High School. Non-denominational Peoria Christian School operates a grade school, middle school, and high school. In addition, Concordia Lutheran School, Peoria Academy, Christ Lutheran School, Peoria Hebrew Day School, and several smaller private schools exist.[119]

Bradley University, Methodist College, OSF St. Francis College of Nursing, the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, and the Downtown and North campuses of Illinois Central College are based in the city. The former Peoria campus of Roosevelt University is now closed. Additionally, Eureka College and the main campus of Illinois Central College are located nearby in Eureka and East Peoria, respectively.

Media

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Main article: Media in Peoria, Illinois

As of 2021 Nielsen ratings, Peoria is the 158th largest radio market in the United States[120][121] and Peoria-Bloomington is the 122nd largest television market in the United States.[122][123]

The area has 14 commercial radio stations with six owners among them; four non-commercial full-power radio stations, each separately owned;[124] five commercial television stations with two operating owners among them;[125] one non-commercial television station;[126] and one daily newspaper (Peoria Journal Star).

NOAA Weather Radio

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NOAA Weather Radio station WXJ71 transmits from East Peoria and is licensed to NOAA's National Weather Service Central Illinois Weather Forecast Office at Lincoln, broadcasting on a frequency of 162.475 mHz (channel 4 on most newer weather radios, and most SAME weather radios). The station activates the SAME tone alarm feature and a 1050 Hz tone activating older radios (except for AMBER Alerts, using the SAME feature only) for hazardous weather and non-weather warnings and emergencies, along with selected weather watches, for the Illinois counties of Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, McLean, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford. Weather permitting, a tone alarm test of both the SAME and 1050 Hz tone features are conducted every Wednesday between 11 AM and noon.[127]

Infrastructure

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Health and medicine

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The health-care industry accounts for at least 25% of Peoria's economy.[citation needed] The city has three major hospitals: OSF Saint Francis Medical Center (the area's Level I adult trauma center), Carle Health Peoria – Methodist (a level II adult trauma center), and Carle Health Peoria – Proctor. In addition, the Children's Hospital of Illinois (a part of OSF Saint Francis, and the area's Level I pediatric trauma center), the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, and the Midwest Affiliate of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are located in the city. The hospitals are all located in a medical district around the junction of Interstate 74 and Knoxville Avenue, adjacent to downtown in the southeast of the city, except for Carle Health Peoria – Proctor, which is in the geographic center of the city. The surrounding towns are also supported by Carle Health Peoria - Pekin Hospital in Pekin, Illinois, Advocate Eureka Hospital in Eureka, Illinois, and the Hopedale Medical Complex Hospital and Nursing Home in Hopedale, Illinois. The Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation was created from the "Peoria Plan for Human Rehabilitation," a model for medical and occupational rehabilitation launched in 1943 to integrate returning World War II veterans back into the workplace.

Transportation

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See also: Bridges in Peoria, Illinois and Peoria-to-Chicago Highway
The twin steel truss bridges known as McClugage Bridge, spanning the Illinois River at Peoria

Interstate and U.S. routes

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The Peoria area is served by three Interstate highways: Interstate 74, which runs from northwest to southeast through the downtown area, Interstate 474, a southern bypass of I-74 through portions of Peoria and the suburbs of Bartonville and Creve Coeur, and Interstate 155, which runs south from I-74 in Morton to Interstate 55 in Lincoln which connects to Springfield and St. Louis. I-74 crosses over the Illinois River via the Murray Baker Bridge, while I-474 crosses via the Shade-Lohmann Bridge. The nearest metropolitan centers accessible on I-74 are the Quad Cities to the west, and Bloomington-Normal to the east.

From 2004 to 2006, Interstate 74 between Interstate 474 on the west and Illinois Route 8 on the east was reconstructed as part of the Upgrade 74 project.[128]

In addition, U.S. Route 150 serves as the main arterial for the northern portion of the Peoria area, becoming War Memorial Drive before heading west towards Kickapoo. It enters from the McClugage Bridge; east of the bridge, then runs southeast to Morton. U.S. Route 24 runs concurrently with Interstate 474 in the southwest portion of the city.

State routes

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The following state routes run through Peoria:

  • Illinois Route 6 runs along the northwestern portion of the city as an extension of I-474. It is a four-lane freeway that runs from the I-74/474 intersection northeast to Illinois Route 29 south of Chillicothe. It is marked as a north–south road.
  • Illinois Route 8 roughly parallels I-74 to the south. It enters Peoria from Elmwood and runs southeast through the city, passing just southwest of the downtown area. Illinois 8 crosses into East Peoria via the Cedar Street Bridge with 116. Illinois 8 is marked as an east–west road.
  • Illinois Route 29 runs through Peoria along the Illinois River from Chillicothe through downtown Peoria. It then joins Interstate 74 across the Murray Baker Bridge. Illinois 29 is marked as a north–south road, and is called Galena Road north of U.S. 150.
  • Illinois Route 40 (formerly 88) enters Peoria from the north as Knoxville Avenue. It runs south through the center of the city and exits southeast over the Bob Michel Bridge. Illinois 40 is marked as a north–south road.
  • Illinois Route 91 briefly enters Peoria at the intersection with U.S. 150 in the far northwestern portion of the city. Traffic on Illinois 91 mainly accesses The Shoppes at Grand Prairie,[129] or continues to Dunlap.
  • Illinois Route 116 enters from the west at Bellevue. It runs directly east and crosses into East Peoria over the Cedar Street Bridge.

The planned Illinois Route 336 project will also connect Illinois 336 with I-474 between Illinois 8 and Illinois 116. Construction on the segment nearest Peoria has not started, nor has funding been allocated.

Rail transportation

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Peoria remains a major freight hub but its minor passenger service was waning by the 1950s.[130]

Metro Peoria is served by ten common carrier railroads. Four are Class I railroads: BNSF, Canadian National, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific. The latter has a north–south oriented line which skirts the west edge of the city but a line branches off of it to enter Peoria. One Class II/Regional, Iowa Interstate, serves the city, coming out of Bureau Junction, Illinois. Five Class III/Shortline railroads: Central Illinois Railroad, which operates a portion of the city-owned Peoria, Peoria Heights and Western Railroad; three Genesee & Wyoming-owned operations: Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway, which runs next to US 24 east to Logansport, Indiana (formally owned by Rail America), Illinois & Midland Railroad (the former Chicago & Illinois Midland, comes up from Springfield and Havana) and Tazewell & Peoria Railroad (leases the Peoria & Pekin Union Railway from its owners Canadian National, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific); Pioneer Railcorp's Keokuk Junction Railway (which now owns the Toledo, Peoria and Western's West End from Lomax and La Harpe in Western Illinois, plus the branch from Keokuk).[131]

Several Midwestern railroads served Peoria Union Station until 1955. The Rock Island Railroad operated trains into its Rock Island Depot until 1978, when they discontinued the Peoria Rocket. East Peoria was served by Amtrak's Prairie Marksman (Chicago–East Peoria) until 1981. Peoria is currently the second largest city in Illinois without passenger rail service; the closest passenger stations are Galesburg (served by Amtrak's Chicago–Los Angeles Southwest Chief) and Bloomington (served by Amtrak's Chicago-St. Louis Lincoln Service).

A study of East Peoria–Bloomington passenger rail service was published in 2011. Plans for the proposed service, which would have connected with Amtrak's Lincoln Service at Bloomington, were abandoned due to financial considerations.[132]

A study of Peoria–Chicago passenger rail service was published in July 2022. The study, conducted by IDOT at the request of a Passenger Rail Committee established in August 2021, estimated that startup costs for the proposed service would be $2.54 billion. The service would be operated by Amtrak and would have intermediate stops at LaSalle-Peru, Utica, Ottawa, Morris, and Joliet. The trip between Peoria and Chicago would take about 2+1⁄2 hours. Committee members, who met with federal transportation officials and Amtrak's CEO, were hopeful about securing funding.[132]

Public transportation

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Public bus service is provided by the Greater Peoria Mass Transit District, which operates 17 bus routes under the name CityLink, that serve the city, Illinois Central College and much of East Peoria, Illinois, Peoria Heights, West Peoria, and points between Peoria and Pekin.[133]

Aviation

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General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport is located 5 miles west of Peoria. The airport is served by 3 passenger airlines (United, American, and Allegiant Air) and numerous cargo carriers. Nonstop destinations include Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Punta Gorda, and Charlotte.[134] Seasonal destinations include Denver, Nashville, and Destin Fort Walton. Cargo carriers serving Peoria include UPS and DHL.

Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport, on the north end of the city, is a general aviation airport.[135]

Notable people

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Main article: List of people from Peoria, Illinois
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The theme of Peoria as the archetypal example of middle American culture runs throughout American culture, appearing in movies and books, on television and radio, and in countless advertisements as either a filler place name or the representative of mainstream taste, hence the phrase "Will it play in Peoria?"[137][138][139]

Alternative Metal band Mudvayne were founded in Peoria in 1996. Published posthumously in 2011, David Foster Wallace's unfinished novel The Pale King features vignettes based in Peoria.

Sister cities

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Peoria's sister cities include:[140][141]

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