Zearing is an

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in Bureau County,

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, United States. Zearing is located along a railroad line southwest of

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. Joseph R. Peterson (1904–1967), Illinois lawyer and state legislator, was born on a farm near Zearing.'Illinois Blue Book 1967-1968,' Biographical Sketch of Joseph R. Peterson, pg. 174-175

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Unincorporated communities in Bureau County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois {{BureauCountyIL-geo-stub