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Peoria

Also known as Peoria, Illinois, Peoria IL, Peoria, IL, Peoria (IL), Peoria, Il, Peoria, Ill., Peoria (Illinois)

county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States

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Peoria is a city in Illinois that serves as the county seat of Peoria County, meaning it's the main administrative center for the county government. The city is significant as a major population and economic hub in central Illinois.

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Official name: Peoria
Population: 113150
Area: 130.665007
Elevation: 153
Official website: www.peoriagov.org
Image: Peoria City Hall.JPG
Households: 46430
Dialing code: 861

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postal code: 61653
inception: 1680-01-01
Commons category: Peoria, Illinois
Commons gallery: Peoria, Illinois
water as percent of area: 4.419
per capita income: 31622

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Peoria (/piˈɔːriə/ pee-OR-ee-ə) is a city in Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. 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. It is the principal city of the Peoria metropolitan area in Central Illinois, consisting of Fulton, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford counties and had a combined 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. Originally 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. Before the onset of Prohibition in 1920, Peoria was a major center of the American whiskey industry, with more than a dozen distilleries operating in the city by the late 19th century — a greater concentration than in any other U.S. city at that time.