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Peoria é uma cidade localizada no Estado americano de Illinois, no Condado de Peoria. A sua área é de 120,8 km², sua população é de 112 936 habitantes, e sua densidade populacional é de 982,1 hab/km² (segundo o censo americano de 2000). A cidade foi fundada no século XIX. História
Peoria ( / piˈɔːriə / pee-OR-ee-ə) is a city in and county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States. [4] Located on the Illinois River, the city had a population of 113,150 as of the 2020 census. [5] [6] It is the principal city of the Peoria metropolitan area in Central Illinois, consisting of the counties of Fulton ...
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What has become Peoria and environs bears many remnants of Native Americans. Artifacts and Native American burial mounds show that people lived in the area as far back as 10,000 BC. Burial mounds have been found along the Illinois River near Peoria from Mossville to Kingston Mines. Artifacts show evidence of Woodland period, Hopewellian, and Missis...
The French were the first Europeans to explore the area that would become Peoria in 1673. Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet explored the region, finding the Illini Indians who were part of the Algonquian people. Those tribes that were part of the Illinois Confederacy at that time were the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Michigamea, Cahokia, and Tamaroa....
The settlement became legally British in 1763 after the French & Indian War, but remained French in practice. By 1778 the village had become part of the territory of the new United States, and George Rogers Clark appointed Maillet as military commander. Maillet established a new village, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the old one. It later became know...
American settlement began in April 1819, when settlers arrived at the old Fort Clark. The County of Peoria was organized on January 13, 1825. The county seat was erected near the old Fort Clark.Peoria was incorporated as a town in 1835, having then a population of about 1,600. In 1845, it was incorporated as a city. The County Courthouse was a log ...
1900s
In the spring of 1905, the Al Fresco Amusement Park opened in Peoria Heights, featuring a Ferris wheel, carousel, roller coaster, and other attractions.
1960s
The new L-shaped County Courthouse was constructed for $4 million dollars and was dedicated by Lady Bird Johnson on September 22, 1965.
1970s
On May 1, 1973, three armed gunmen held a classroom of fifth-grade students hostage at St. Cecilia Catholic grade school. One hostage was John Ardis, younger brother of Mayor Jim Ardis. The stand-off lasted 90 minutes with only one casualty: one of the gunmen.
2000s
The revision of Interstates 74 and 474, and work on the McClugage Bridge, were completed. Peoria's Catholic bishop, John J. Myers, hosted a visit by Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta and was named Archbishop of Newark in 2001, shortly after September 11. The University Street and Pekin campuses of Illinois Central College were completed. OSF Saint Francis Medical Center started Peoria's largest-ever private building expansion to build a new emergency room and a new Children's Hospital of Illi...
2010s
Peoria District 150, suffering from high levels of student poverty and red ink, closed Woodruff High School and debated whether to construct a new Glen Oak School and a charter school. Peoria Notre Dame High School explored construction of a new high school. The Jump Trading Simulation Center is opened and the expansion is completed at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. Illinois Central Collegein East Peoria significantly expanded its North Campus in Peoria and opens and then expands a new Pek...
2020s
On March 16, 2020, Peoria County confirmed its first case of COVID-19 during the pandemic. April 14, 2020 was the date of the first COVID-related death in Peoria County. In April 2021, the Peoria metro area had the 9th highest daily average for new COVID cases in the nation. In December 2021, Peoria area hospitals were at or near capacity with a surge of the Delta variant. In April 2023, Urbana-based Carle Health bought Methodist Hospital, Proctor Hospital, Pekin Hospital, Methodist College,...
Jedidiah Morse (1797). "Piorias". The American Gazetteer. Boston, Massachusetts: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews. OL 23272543M."Peoria", Illinois State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1858 and 1859, Chicago, Ill: George W. Hawes, 1858, OCLC 4757260, OL 24140361M9 de abr. de 2024 · Peoria, city, seat (1825) of Peoria county, central Illinois, U.S. Peoria lies along the Illinois River where it widens to form Peoria Lake, about 160 miles (260 km) southwest of Chicago. With Peoria Heights, West Peoria, Bartonville, Bellevue, East Peoria, Creve Coeur, Marquette Heights, North.
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Peoria is a city on the Illinois River in the U.S. state of Illinois. In the 2020 census, Peoria had more than 110,000 people living in it. It is the home of the Peoria Rivermen ice hockey team. One of Peoria's largest businesses is Caterpillar, a company that makes bulldozers, mining trucks, and other kinds of machinery.
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.
Peoria is a city in Illinois and the county seat of Peoria County. It serves as a regional hub for the primarily rural and agricultural center of the state. Peoria is a small but diverse city of approximately 115,000 people that anchors a three-county metropolitan area of nearly 400,000.
