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Peoria is the oldest European settlement in Illinois, as explorers first ventured up the Illinois River from the Mississippi. The lands that eventually would become Peoria were first settled by Europeans in 1680, when French explorers René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Henri de Tonti constructed Fort Crevecoeur. [7]
The Peoria–Canton Combined Statistical Area is made up of six counties in central Illinois. The statistical area includes one metropolitan area and one micropolitan area . As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 405,149 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 412,517).
Peoria County is located in the U.S. state of Illinois. The 2020 United States Census listed its population at 181,830. [1] Its county seat is Peoria. [2]
April 14, 2020 was the date of the first COVID-related death in Peoria County. [47] In April 2021, the Peoria metro area had the 9th highest daily average for new COVID cases in the nation. [48] In December 2021, Peoria area hospitals were at or near capacity with a surge of the Delta variant. [49]
The passenger terminal at Peoria International Airport. On May 19, 1932, the citizens of Peoria voted to have an airport. On 195 acres (0.8 km 2), American Airways (now American Airlines) and Chicago and Southern Airlines brought in airmail and passenger services on four shale-surfaced runways.
Peoria Civic Center is an entertainment complex located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson [3] and John Burgee, [4] it has an arena, theater, exhibit hall and meeting rooms. [5] It opened in 1982 [6] and completed an expansion to its lobby and meeting facilities in 2007. [7]
East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 22,484 at the 2020 census.
Peoria Heights is a village lying in Peoria County in the U.S. state of Illinois.The population was 6,156 at the 2010 census, down from 6,635 in 2000.Peoria Heights is a suburb of Peoria, is sometimes referred to as Uptown, and is surrounded by the city except for its eastern boundary on Peoria Lake, a relatively wider section of the Illinois River.