List of places named Peoria


This is a list of places named Peoria, which includes geographic name features such as populated places, geographical features, and post offices — including combined forms of the name, such as West Peoria, Illinois, and variations of the name, such as Paola, Kansas.
The original Peoria is found in Illinois. The largest Peoria is found in Arizona. Several places named Peoria are now just ghost towns found on old maps.

Peoria as a place name

The original Peoria were one of the principal tribes of the once-strong Illinois Confederation and had a language of the Algonquian family. The Algonquian nation had its ancient home north of the Great Lakes, whence the Peoria probably split off and drifted down the Mississippi Valley. Most places named Peoria derive — or probably derive — from the Peoria tribe of Native Americans. A few may owe their existence to settlers from Peoria, Illinois.

Canada

Alberta
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — named for Peoria, Illinois — P.O.

United States of America

Arizona
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — named for Peoria, Illinois, by settlers from there — P.O. 4 August 1888 to date
Streets
Education districts and facilities
Arkansas
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — P.O. 30 April 1878 to 31 December 1915
California
Geographical features
  • Peoria Basin — geographical feature
  • Peoria Creek — geographical feature
  • Peoria Mountain — geographical feature
  • Peoria Pass — geographical feature
Other classes of features
  • Peoria Bar — gold-mine camp
  • Peoria Bar — gold-mine camp
  • Peoria Flat — gold-mine camp
  • Peoria House — stage stop
  • Peoria House — school district
  • Peoria House — cemetery
Colorado
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — P.O. 5 March 1906 to 15 January 1914
Streets
Florida
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — P.O. 18 September 1886 to 30 January 1932
Geographical features
  • Peoria Point — cape
Illinois
Populated places and locales
  • East Peoria — P.O. "Little Detroit" 20 September 1833 to 1 September 1836; Reestablished 15 May 1848 to 23 October 1863 ; P.O. "East Peoria" 23 October 1863 to 3 June 1867 ; P.O. "Little Detroit" 3 June 1867 to 4 April 1871. P.O. "East Peoria" 25 January 1886 to 11 November 1886. P.O. "Hilton" 11 April 1870 to 2 November 1889 ; P.O. "East Peoria" 2 November 1889 to 26 October 1900.
  • Lower Peoria
  • North Peoria — P.O. 26 April 1886 to 4 August 1898
  • Peoria — settled 1730 — P.O. 8 March 1823 to date
  • Peoriaville — P.O. for Newburgh — P.O. 27 February 1850 to 12 February 1855
  • Peoria District Junction — junction of PL&D RR and St. Louis RR — RFD Lincoln
  • Peoria Gardens
  • Peoria Heights
  • Peoria Junction — now named Chenoa
  • Peoria Junction — CRI&P RR — RFD Peoria
  • Peoria Mills
  • South Peoria
  • South East Peoria — addition to East Peoria
  • West Peoria
Civil features
Geographical features
Streets
Indiana
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — same as Peoria Ohio — named for Peoria Indians — reportedly had alternate name of "Ingleside" — P.O. 5 May 1837 to 15 January 1858; Reestablished 17 April 1872 to 8 February 1876; Reestablished 11 April 1876 to 15 February 1889 ; Reestablished 7 February 1891 to 2 January 1907
  • Peoria — named for Peoria, Illinois, by settlers from the East who had intended to settle in Peoria, but stopped — P.O. "Reserve"
  • Peoria Junction
Iowa
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — P.O. "Warrensville" 16 August 1849 to 15 November 1854 ; P.O. "Peoria" 15 November 1854 to 15 January 1906
  • Peoria — P.O. "Samville" 28 July 1886 to 11 March 1887 ; P.O. "Bentonville" 11 March 1887 to 2 July 1895 — town renamed "Bentonville"; now defunct
  • Peoria City — "Peoria" on some maps — platted in Polk County — P.O. 8 May 1856 to 5 April 1883
Populated places and locales — variant spellings
Kansas
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — P.O "Pioria" 15 June 1857 to 26 July 1860; "Peoria" 27 July 1860 to 30 April 1934
  • Peoria Village — now Paola — named for Peoria Indians — P.O. ?
  • "Peoria" — proposed name for Osawatomie
Populated places and locales — variant spellings
  • Paola — formerly Peoria Village — named for Baptiste Peoria, a leader of the Peoria Indians — linguistic variation of "Peoria" — P.O. "Paola" 13 February 1856 to date
Civil features
Kentucky
Populated places and locales — variant spellings
  • Peolia — relationship to "Peoria" not determined
Minnesota
  • Peoria — P.O. 1883 to 1886
Mississippi
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — original P.O. "Robinson" — P.O. "Peoria" 15 July 1904 to 22 June 1962
Missouri
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — probably named for Peoria Indians — P.O. 22 June 1859 to 15 April 1863; Reestablished 31 July 1867 to 29 June 1869
  • Peoria — named for Peoria, Illinois, from list of names suggested by Post Office Department — probably existed as P.O. only — P.O. 24 April 1908 to 19 September 1934
Geographical features
  • Peola Branch — stream — linguistic variation of "Peoria"
Nebraska
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — P.O. 9 Nov 1883 to 3 Aug 1893
Civil features
Populated places and locales — variant spellings
  • Peora — relationship to "Peoria" not determined
New Mexico
Other classes of features
  • Peoria Tank — reservoir
New York
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — different name before "Peoria" — name changed to "West Berne" — no P.O. as "Peoria"
  • Peoria — P.O. 3 February 1842 to 15 August 1911
North Carolina
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — P.O. 9 January 1903 to 31 May 1938
Streets
  • Peoria Road
Ohio
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — same as Peoria Indiana — no P.O. in Ohio
  • Peoria — P.O. 26 September 1872 to 11 August 1967
Streets
Oklahoma
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — named for Peoria, Illinois — P.O. 1 March 1890 to 29 April 1891
  • Peoria — located on Peoria Reservation — originally a mining camp — P.O. 18 January 1897 to 29 November 1941
Civil features
  • Peoria Township
Streets
Oregon
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — probably named for "Peoria Party" of settlers which left Peoria, Illinois, in May 1839 — P.O. "Burlington" 17 November 1853 to 7 November 1857 ; P.O. "Peoria" 7 November 1857 to 10 August 1900
South Dakota
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria Bottom — named for steamboat named Peoria, which went aground there — no P.O.
Civil features
  • Peoria Township
Geographical features
  • Peoria Bottom — name changed to Peoria Flat - geographical feature
  • Peoria Flat — formerly Peoria Bottom — geographical feature
Texas
Populated places and locales
  • Peoria — named for Peoria, Illinois, by a settler from there — P.O. 3 October 1856 to 5 November 1866; Reestablished 13 February 1867 to 15 December 1907

Other instances

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