This is a list of places named Peoria, which includes geographic name features such as populated places, geographical features, and post offices — including combined forms of the name, such as

West Peoria, Illinois West Peoria is a city in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,458 at the 2010 census. West Peoria is a suburb of Peoria and is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography West Peoria is located a ...

, and variations of the name, such as

Paola, Kansas Paola is a city in and the county seat of Miami County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 5,768. History Native Americans, then Spanish explorers such as Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1541, a ...

. The original Peoria is found in

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

. The largest Peoria (since 2010) is found in

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

. Several places named Peoria are now just ghost towns found on old maps.

Peoria as a place name

The original Peoria (there are Indians still living who claim Peoria blood) were one of the principal tribes of the once-strong

Illinois Confederation The Illinois Confederation, also referred to as the Illiniwek or Illini, were made up of 12 to 13 tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley. Eventually member tribes occupied an area reaching from Lake Michicigao (Michigan) to Iowa, Illi ...

and had a language of the Algonquian family. The Algonquian nation had its ancient home north of the

Great Lakes The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lakes ...

, whence the Peoria probably split off and drifted down the

Mississippi Valley The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it ...

. Most places named Peoria derive — or probably derive — from the Peoria tribe of Indians. A few may owe their existence to settlers from Peoria, Illinois.Scheetz, George H. "Peoria." In ''Place Names in the Midwestern United States''. Edited by Edward Callary. (Studies in Onomastics; 1.) Mellen Press, 2000.

Canada

Alberta Populated places and locales * Peoria — named for Peoria, Illinois — P.O. (?)

United States of America

Arizona Populated places and locales * Peoria (Maricopa County) — named for Peoria, Illinois, by settlers from there — P.O. 4 August 1888 to date Streets * Peoria Avenue — Phoenix metropolitan area Education districts and facilities *

Peoria Unified School District Peoria Unified School District #11 (PUSD) is a school district headquartered in the District Administration Center (DAC) in Glendale, Arizona. It provides both primary and secondary education for most of Peoria, some areas of Glendale and Young ...

* Peoria High School *Peoria Elementary School Arkansas Populated places and locales * Peoria (Sebastian County) — P.O. 30 April 1878 to 31 December 1915 (mail to

Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...

) California Geographical features * Peoria Basin (Tuolumne County) — geographical feature * Peoria Creek (Tuolumne County) — geographical feature * Peoria Mountain (Tuolumne County) — geographical feature * Peoria Pass (Tuolumne County) — geographical feature Other classes of features * Peoria Bar (Plumas County) — gold-mine camp * Peoria Bar (Tuolumne County) — gold-mine camp * Peoria Flat (Tuolumne County) — gold-mine camp * Peoria House (Yuba County) — stage stop * Peoria House (Yuba County) — school district * Peoria House (Yuba County) — cemetery Colorado Populated places and locales * Peoria (Arapahoe County) — P.O. 5 March 1906 to 15 January 1914 (mail to Byers) Streets * Peoria Street (?) —

Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

Florida Populated places and locales * Peoria (Clay County) — P.O. 18 September 1886 to 30 January 1932 (mail to Doctors Inlet) Geographical features * Peoria Point (Clay County) — cape Illinois Populated places and locales *

East Peoria East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from ...

(Tazewell County) — P.O. "Little Detroit" 20 September 1833 to 1 September 1836; Reestablished 15 May 1848 to 23 October 1863 (to East Peoria); P.O. "East Peoria" 23 October 1863 to 3 June 1867 (to Little Detroit); P.O. "Little Detroit" 3 June 1867 to 4 April 1871. P.O. "East Peoria" 25 January 1886 to 11 November 1886 (mail to Peoria). P.O. "Hilton" 11 April 1870 to 2 November 1889 (to East Peoria); P.O. "East Peoria" 2 November 1889 to 26 October 1900 (mail to Peoria). * Lower Peoria (Peoria County) * North Peoria (Peoria County) — P.O. 26 April 1886 to 4 August 1898 (mail to Peoria) * Peoria (Peoria County) — settled 1730 — P.O. 8 March 1823 to date * Peoriaville (Peoria County) — P.O. for Newburgh (not contiguous with Peoria) — P.O. 27 February 1850 to 12 February 1855 * Peoria District Junction (Logan County) — junction of PL&D RR and St. Louis RR — RFD Lincoln * Peoria Gardens (Peoria County) * Peoria Heights (Peoria County) * Peoria Junction (McLean County) — now named Chenoa * Peoria Junction (Peoria County) — CRI&P RR — RFD Peoria * Peoria Mills (Peoria County) * South Peoria (Peoria County) * South East Peoria (Tazewell County) — addition to East Peoria * West Peoria (Peoria County) Civil features *

Peoria County Peoria County is located in the U.S. state of Illinois. The 2020 United States Census listed its population at 181,830. Its county seat is Peoria. Peoria County is part of the Peoria, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Peoria County was ...

* Peoria Township (Peoria County) Geographical features *

Peoria Lake Peoria Lake is a section of the Illinois River between Peoria in Peoria County, Illinois and East Peoria in Tazewell County, Illinois. The oldest section of Peoria, the largest city on the river, lies at its shores. The lake is formed by a bro ...

— section of Illinois River Streets * Peoria Street — Springfield * Peoria Street —

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* Peoria Avenue — Peoria * Peoria Street —

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Indiana Populated places and locales * Peoria (Franklin County) — same as Peoria (Butler County) Ohio — named for Peoria Indians — reportedly had alternate name of "Ingleside" — P.O. 5 May 1837 to 15 January 1858; Reestablished 17 April 1872 to 8 February 1876; Reestablished 11 April 1876 to 15 February 1889 (mail to Reily, Ohio); Reestablished 7 February 1891 to 2 January 1907 (mail to Oxford, Ohio) * Peoria (Miami County) — named for Peoria, Illinois, by settlers from the East who had intended to settle in Peoria, but stopped — P.O. "Reserve" * Peoria Junction (Cass County) Iowa Populated places and locales * Peoria (Mahaska County) — P.O. "Warrensville" 16 August 1849 to 15 November 1854 (to Peoria); P.O. "Peoria" 15 November 1854 to 15 January 1906 (mail to

Pella Pella ( el, Πέλλα) is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is best-known for serving as the capital city of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, and was the birthplace of Alexander the Great. On site of the ancient cit ...

) * Peoria (Wayne County) — P.O. "Samville" 28 July 1886 to 11 March 1887 (to Bentonville); P.O. "Bentonville" 11 March 1887 to 2 July 1895 — town renamed "Bentonville"; now defunct * Peoria City (Polk and Story counties) — "Peoria" on some maps — platted in Polk County — P.O. 8 May 1856 to 5 April 1883 (Polk County) Populated places and locales — variant spellings * Peiro (Woodbury County) — reportedly a linguistic variation of "Peoria" — P.O. 6 November 1877 to 30 June 1904 Kansas Populated places and locales * Peoria (Franklin County) — P.O "Pioria" 15 June 1857 to 26 July 1860; "Peoria" 27 July 1860 to 30 April 1934 (mail to Ottawa) * Peoria Village — now Paola (Miami County) — named for Peoria Indians (but see Paola, below) — P.O. ? * "Peoria" — proposed name for Osawatomie (Miami County) Populated places and locales — variant spellings * Paola (Miami County) — formerly Peoria Village — named for Baptiste Peoria, a leader of the Peoria Indians — linguistic variation of "Peoria" — P.O. "Paola" (late Peoria Village) 13 February 1856 to date Civil features * Peoria Township (Franklin County) * Paola Township (Miami County) Kentucky Populated places and locales — variant spellings * Peolia (Washington County) — relationship to "Peoria" not determined Minnesota * Peoria (Todd County) — P.O. 1883 to 1886Patera, Alan H., and John S. Gallagher. ''The Post Offices of Minnesota.'' Burtonsville, Md.: The Depot, 1978, p. 180 Mississippi Populated places and locales * Peoria (Amite County) — original P.O. "Robinson" — P.O. "Peoria" 15 July 1904 to 22 June 1962 (mail to

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) Missouri Populated places and locales * Peoria (Bates County) — probably named for Peoria Indians — P.O. 22 June 1859 to 15 April 1863; Reestablished 31 July 1867 to 29 June 1869 * Peoria (Washington County) — named for Peoria, Illinois, from list of names suggested by Post Office Department — probably existed as P.O. only — P.O. 24 April 1908 to 19 September 1934 (mail to Bismarck) Geographical features * Peola Branch (Reynolds County) — stream — linguistic variation of "Peoria" Nebraska Populated places and locales * Peoria (Knox County) — P.O. 9 Nov 1883 to 3 Aug 1893 (mail to Bloomfield) Civil features * Peoria Township (Knox County) Populated places and locales — variant spellings * Peora (Richardson County) — relationship to "Peoria" not determined New Mexico Other classes of features * Peoria Tank — reservoir New York Populated places and locales * Peoria (Albany County) — different name before "Peoria" — name changed to "West Berne" — no P.O. as "Peoria" * Peoria (Wyoming County) — P.O. 3 February 1842 to 15 August 1911 (mail to

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) North Carolina Populated places and locales * Peoria (Watauga County) — P.O. 9 January 1903 to 31 May 1938 (mail to Reese) Streets * Peoria Road (Watauga County) Ohio Populated places and locales * Peoria (Butler County) — same as Peoria (Franklin County) Indiana — no P.O. in Ohio * Peoria (Union County) — P.O. 26 September 1872 to 11 August 1967 (mail to Columbus) Streets * Peoria-Reily Road (Butler County) * Peoria Loop Road (Union County) Oklahoma Populated places and locales * Peoria (Beaver County) — named for Peoria, Illinois — P.O. 1 March 1890 to 29 April 1891 * Peoria (Ottawa County) — located on Peoria Reservation — originally a mining camp — P.O. 18 January 1897 to 29 November 1941 (mail to Baxter Springs, Kansas) Civil features * Peoria Township (Ottawa County) Streets * Peoria Street —

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

* Peoria Street —

Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population, 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...

Oregon Populated places and locales * Peoria (Linn County) — probably named for "Peoria Party" of settlers which left Peoria, Illinois, in May 1839 — P.O. "Burlington" 17 November 1853 to 7 November 1857 (to Peoria); P.O. "Peoria" 7 November 1857 to 10 August 1900 (mail to Shedds; name changed to "Shedd" 13 November 1915) South Dakota Populated places and locales * Peoria Bottom (or Bottoms) (Hughes County) — named for steamboat named ''Peoria'', which went aground there — no P.O. Civil features * Peoria Township (Hughes County) Geographical features * Peoria Bottom (or Bottoms) (Hughes County) — name changed to Peoria Flat - geographical feature * Peoria Flat (Hughes County) — formerly Peoria Bottom (or Bottoms) — geographical feature Texas Populated places and locales * Peoria (Hill County) — named for Peoria, Illinois, by a settler from there — P.O. 3 October 1856 to 5 November 1866; Reestablished 13 February 1867 to 15 December 1907 (mail to Hillsboro)

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