Edwards is an

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in Peoria County,

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, United States. Edwards is located on

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northwest of downtown Peoria. Edwards has a

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with ZIP Code 61528; the Post Office is now located on Dubois Road just south of

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exit 82, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) north of the original Edwards.

History

Edwards is in

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19 of Kickapoo Township, and was previously called Edwards Station, as a train station on the Peoria and Galesburg division of the

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, originally the Peoria, Oquawka and Burlington Railroad in 1857 when the railroad was completed and the station opened. The first settler, Isaac Jones, died in 1840.

References

Unincorporated communities in Peoria County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois Peoria metropolitan area, Illinois Populated places established in 1857 1857 establishments in Illinois {{PeoriaCountyIL-geo-stub