Peoria is a city in

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and

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counties in the

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. Most of the city is located in Maricopa County, while a portion in the north is in Yavapai County. It is a major suburb of

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. As of the 2020 census, the population of Peoria was 190,985, up from 154,065 in 2010. It is currently the sixth-largest city in Arizona in land area and the ninth-largest in population. It was named after Peoria,

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. The word ''peoria'' is a corruption of the Miami-Illinois word for "prairie fire". It is the

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home of the

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and

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, who share the

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History

Initial settlement

Peoria sits in the Salt River Valley, and extends into the foothills of the mountains to the north.

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, who had worked on the

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, recruited settlers to begin a community in Arizona, many of them from Peoria, Illinois. Albert J. and Elizabeth Straw were the first to establish residency in November 1886. They were followed by William T. and Sylvia Hanna, James M. and Clara Copes, and James and Ella McMillan, all from Peoria, Illinois. An old desert road connecting Phoenix to the

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near present-day

Wickenburg Wickenburg is a town in Maricopa and Yavapai counties, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 7,474, up from 6,363 in 2010. History The Wickenburg area, along with much of the Southwest, became part of ...

was the only major transportation route in the area until 1887, when a new road was laid out. Named Grand Avenue, this road angled through the newly designed town sites of Alhambra,

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, and Peoria and became the main route from Phoenix to

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. The settlers filed Peoria's plot map with the Maricopa County recorder on May 24, 1897, naming the settlement after their hometown. The original plot map of Peoria included east and west streets (from south to north) Monroe, Madison, Jefferson, Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, and Van Buren. Streets going north and south were (from west to east) Almond (present-day 85th Avenue), Peach (present-day 84th Avenue), Orange (present-day 83rd Avenue), Vine (present-day 82nd Avenue), and Walnut (present-day 81st Avenue). The plot was roughly from present-day Peoria and 85th avenues to Monroe Street and 85th Avenue to Monroe Street and 81st Avenue to 81st Avenue and south of the Desert Cove alignment. On August 4, 1888, the Territory of Peoria was granted a post office in its name and served a population of 27. Maricopa County supervisors defined the boundaries for School District Eleven, covering , and the first class took place in an unoccupied brick store that faced north on Washington Street until Peoria's first school building, a one-room structure completed in 1891.

Early growth of the town

Between 1891 and 1895, a spur line of the

Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway The Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway (SFP&P) was a common carrier railroad that later became an operating subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Arizona. At Ash Fork, Arizona, the SFP&P connected with Santa Fe's ope ...

was placed through Peoria, along with Phoenix, Glendale, Alhambra, Hesperla, and Marinette. Peoria's small

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on 83rd Avenue just off Grand Avenue was purchased by the city of Scottsdale in 1972 and now resides at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park. About 1919 the Peoria

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formed. It operated as the informal government body until Peoria incorporated in 1954. The Peoria volunteer fire district formed in 1920 and remained all volunteer until the mid-1950s. The three-story Edwards Hotel was built in 1918, followed by the Mabel Hood building in May 1920 at the southwest corner of Washington Street and 83rd Avenue. The John L. Meyer or "flatiron" building was completed in June 1920 and the O.O. Fuel's Paramount Theatre in July 1920. (It served as Fire Station 1 from 1950 until 2004.) The town's first newspaper, ''The Peoria Enterprise'', was printed weekly from November 14, 1917, to April 1921. Peoria's first

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was held at the women's club in 1920 until it moved to the old Peoria City Hall in 1975 (where the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts was constructed and currently sits). The library eventually moved to the Peoria Municipal Complex. In May 1959 the Women's Club gave the clubhouse to the City of Peoria. Central School was built in 1906. By 1910, three additional classroom buildings were built next to the central school, and in 1918 another school building, containing an auditorium and four classrooms, was opened. In 1918, the attendance for Peoria schools was 190. School District Number Eleven was originally an

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district. Children going on to

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had to travel to Glendale High School. In 1919, the school board approved construction of Peoria High School.

Post-war development

Increased economic activity, combined with the presence of

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and tremendous growth throughout the entire Valley—coinciding with the mass-production of

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in the early 1950s—led to an increase in residential housing in Peoria. A postwar construction boom set the stage for Peoria to become a

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of Phoenix, providing housing for the capital city as growth moved west. In 1954, Peoria was home to 1,925 residents, with an area of . Peoria incorporated on June 7, 1954. A seven-member city council formed and held its first organizational meeting on June 14. By 1966, Peoria grew to encompass with of street. In 1968, the city passed a bond to issue securing the money to build a sewer system, which was completed in 1969. In 1970, Peoria began to transition to paid firefighting staff. From a population of 4,792 in 1970, the city grew to 12,351 in 1980 and 50,675 in 1990. Construction of the $30 million municipal complex began in 1988 at the edge of Peoria's Old Town. The Police Department opened in 1989, the main city hall building and courts in 1991, and the library in 1993. Spring training has a long history in Peoria. From the late 1970s to 1990, Peoria's Greenway Sports Complex served as a minor-league training facility for the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team. This small facility was located at 83rd Avenue and the Greenway Road alignment, the location of the future

. Construction of the new complex was approved in 1990. It was completed in 1994 and was the first

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facility in the county shared by two teams. The

and

utilize the complex year-round for spring training and player development.

Current developments

Peoria's identity is more related to resort and leisure living than the past, as that type of lifestyle migrates from the northeast Valley to Peoria. Peoria's economic plan focuses on establishing the new Loop 303 freeway corridor as an industrial, commercial, mixed development use and less on traditional residential development.

Geography

Peoria is in northern Maricopa County, with the city limits extending north into Yavapai County. The city is bordered to the east by Phoenix, to the southeast and south by

, to the southwest by Youngtown and unincorporated Sun City, and to the west by Surprise. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.77%, are water. The water area is due to Lake Pleasant, a reservoir on the

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in the northern part of the city. The Agua Fria River and New River are the only rivers that flow through Peoria. The Agua Fria River is usually dry due to the New Waddell Dam that holds back Lake Pleasant in the northern end of the city. The New River is usually dry due to flood control measures and New River Dam. There are multiple washes and creeks that flow through the city as well, one of the most significant being Skunk Creek, due to its trails and connectivity with nearby Glendale. Peoria has many mountains and hills at its northern end. Some include Sunrise Mountain, West Wing Mountain, East Wing Mountain, Calderwood Butte, Cholla Mountain, White Peak, Hieroglyphic Mountains, and Twin Buttes.

Climate

Peoria has a

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with mild to warm winters and extremely hot summers.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 108,364 people, 39,184 households, and 29,309 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 42,573 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 85.0%

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, 2.8%

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, 0.7% Native American, 1.9%

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, 0.1%

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, 7.1% from

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, and 2.5% from two or more races. 15.4% of the population were

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of any race. There were 39,184 households, out of which 37.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.0% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 20.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.16. In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.4% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $52,199, and the median income for a family was $58,388. Males had a median income of $40,448 versus $29,205 for females. The

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for the city was $22,726. About 3.3% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the

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, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

Government

In November 1983, Peoria citizens voted to require the direct election of the mayor and in 1989, established a

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district system that separated the city into six geographical districts, each of which elects one member of the city council. The districts are redrawn after every census. The current mayor is Cathy Carlat. The current City Manager is Jeff Tyne. Andrew Granger, Erik Strunk and Katie Gregory are the Deputy City Managers. The current Chief of Police is Art Miller and the Fire Chief is Gary Bernard.

Education

Peoria city limits are mostly within the

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(PUSD), however, some portions of the northeastern end of the city limits are within the

Deer Valley Unified School District Deer Valley Unified School District #97 (DVUSD) is a Pre-K–12 school district, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. DVUSD is the fifth largest school district in the state of Arizona, serving areas of Phoenix, Glendale, Peoria, A ...

(DVUSD), portions of the northwestern end of the city are within the Nadaburg Unified School District, and portions of the city in

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lie within the

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. PUSD has seven high schools, four of which are actually within the city limits of Peoria (the other three are in the city limits of Glendale) including: PUSD high schools within Peoria: * Peoria – opened 1922 *

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– opened 1990 * Sunrise Mountain – opened 1996 *

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– opened 2006 PUSD high schools within Glendale: *

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– opened 1977 *

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– opened 1986 * Raymond S. Kellis – opened 2004 PUSD elementary schools within the city limits are Alta Loma, Apache, Cheyenne, Copperwood, Cotton Boll, Country Meadows, Coyote Hills, Desert Harbor, Frontier, Ira Murphy, Lake Pleasant, Oakwood, Oasis, Parkridge, Paseo Verde, Peoria, Santa Fe, Sky View, Sunset Heights, Sun Valley, Sundance, Vistancia and Zuni Hills. Though the city of Peoria has 23 PUSD elementary schools, some students fall within the boundaries of the other 10 PUSD elementary schools located inside the city of Glendale. DVUSD schools within the Peoria city limits are Terramar and West Wing Elementary schools. Additionally, the city is served by numerous publicly funded charter high schools and elementary schools. Cross of Glory Lutheran School is a Christian Pre-K-8 grade school of the

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(WELS) in Peoria.

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opened a branch campus in Peoria in 2013. The Trine campus later closed in 2017. Peoria is home to two beauty schools.

Healthcare

The public hospital system,

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(formerly Maricopa Integrated Health System), operates Valleywise Comprehensive Health Center – Peoria. Its sole hospital, Valleywise Health Medical Center, is in Phoenix.

Notable people

A Change of Pace A Change of Pace is an American five piece pop punk band from Peoria, Arizona, United States. The band was on both the 2005 and 2006 Warped Tours. Biography A Change of Pace formed in 2001 when singer Torry Jasper and drummer Jonathan Kelly beg ...

, rock band *

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, social media personality *

Joshua Becker Joshua Becker (born 1974) is an American author, writer, and philanthropist. Becker has written four books on minimalism and intentional living, which have collectively sold hundreds of thousands of copies and have been translated from English ...

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writer *

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, professional baseball player *

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, midfielder for Los Angeles FC in

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, rock band *

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, former professional baseball pitcher * Kyle Kosier, NFL football player (

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) * Mary Peters, former

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* Tim Toone, former professional football player, picked last by the

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, making him

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* Emma Stone, actress

Sister cities

* Peoria has one

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:Sister cities designated b
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Retrieved on April 9, 2007. * Newtownards,

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, Northern Ireland

References

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