Tazewell County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 135,394. Its county seat and largest city is Pekin. It is pronounced with a short "a", to rhyme with "razz" rather than "raze".
Peoria County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. The 2010 United States Census listed its population at 186,494. Its county seat is Peoria.
Pekin is a city in and the county seat of Tazewell County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located on the Illinois River, Pekin is the largest city of Tazewell County and the second most populous municipality of the Peoria metropolitan area, after Peoria itself. As of the 2010 census, its population is 34,094. A small portion of the city limits extend into Peoria County. Pekin is the 13th-most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago Metropolitan Area. It is the most populous municipality in the United States with the name Pekin.
Peoria is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 115,007, making it the eighth-most populated in Illinois, the second-largest city in Central Illinois after the state capital, Springfield, and the third largest outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is the principal city of the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area in Central Illinois, consisting of the counties of Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford, which had a population of 373,590 in 2011. The Peoria Metro Area is the third largest MSA in Illinois after Chicago and Metro East.
Alta or ALTA may refer to:
The Peoria are a Native American people. Today they are enrolled in the federally recognized Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. Historically, they were part of the Illinois Confederation.
The Rock Island Trail State Park is a 26-mile (42 km) long public rail trail in the west-central region of the U.S. state of Illinois. It was designated a National Recreation Trail in 2003.
Waddams Grove, previously known as Wadam's, Waddam's Grove, and Sada, is an unincorporated community in the Stephenson County township of West Point, Illinois, United States. Waddams Grove was the first settlement in Stephenson County. It is located northwest of Lena. The community is near the site of the Battle of Waddams Grove which took place during the Black Hawk War.
Peoria is an unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
The Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of five counties in Central Illinois, anchored by the city of Peoria. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 379,186. The City of Peoria, according to the estimated 2014 US Census Bureau, has 115,828 people.
Illinois Route 174 was a state highway in Illinois from 1924 to 1983. The route connected IL 88 and IL 91 through the community of Alta. IL 174 was established in 1924 as part of the later series of State Bond Issue (SBI) Routes. It was decommissioned in 1983.
Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 is a public school district in Peoria County, Illinois. It is based near Dunlap, Illinois and has one high school, two middle schools, and five elementary schools. Its territory consists of Radnor Township, northeastern Kickapoo Township, the western third of Medina Township, and parts of Akron, Hallock, and Richwoods Townships. It serves the towns of Dunlap and Princeville, the unincorporated communities of Edelstein and Edwards, and the outer northern portions of Peoria.
Glover is an unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. Glover is located on U.S. Route 150 near the eastern border of St. Joseph.There are no buildings in Glover. There used to be a tower at the Junction of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Peoria and Eastern, and the Illinois Terminal railroads. The Peoria and Eastern and the Illinois Terminal have been removed. Houses nearby belong to St Joseph, Illinois.
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.
Camp Grove is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Illinois, United States, located 7.5 miles (12.1 km) east-northeast of Wyoming and 27.6 miles north of Peoria. Camp Grove has a post office with ZIP code 61424.
Laura is an unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Laura is located along a railroad line, 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Williamsfield. Laura has a post office with ZIP code 61451.
Brimfield High School, or BHS, is a public four-year high school at 323 East Clinton Street in Brimfield, Illinois, a village in Peoria County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. BHS is part of Brimfield Community Unit School District 309, which serves the communities of Brimfield, Kickapoo, and Edwards, and also includes Brimfield Grade School. The campus is located 15 miles northwest of Peoria, IL, and serves a mixed village and rural residential community. The school lies within the Peoria metropolitan statistical area.
Allentown is an unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. Allentown is in the Tremont Township, though it is much closer to Mackinaw than to Tremont. Allentown is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of Mackinaw and 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Tremont.
Eden is an unincorporated community in Logan Township, Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Eden is located on Eden Road and the Union Pacific Railroad 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Hanna City.
Kickapoo is an unincorporated community in Kickapoo Township, Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Kickapoo is located on U.S. Route 150, 10.8 miles (17.4 km) northwest of downtown Peoria.
