Peoria is an

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and

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(CDP) in Linn County,

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, United States. It is on the

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of the

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141 between Eugene and Corvallis. Lacking stores and services, it is a cluster of houses plus a county park along Peoria Road, about south of

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and north of

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Demographics

History

Peoria, named for

Peoria, Illinois Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the city had a population of 113,150. It is the principal city of the Peoria ...

, was first

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in 1851 by H. A. McCartney. By 1875, the community was prosperous enough to have four grain warehouses and a school with 60 pupils. However, after the

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established a line through Shedd and Halsey further east, business in Peoria declined. A post office in this vicinity opened in 1855 under the name "

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". The name was changed to "Peoria" in 1857, and the office closed in 1900. Through the early decades of the 20th century, a river

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operated out of Peoria.

References

External links

Historic images of Peoria
from the Salem Public Library
Images of Peoria
from the University of Oregon digital archives
Images of Peoria
from Flickr Unincorporated communities in Linn County, Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon Census-designated places in Oregon Census-designated places in Linn County, Oregon {{LinnCountyOR-geo-stub