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East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 22,484 at the 2020 census. East Peoria is part of the Peoria metropolitan area, located across the Illinois River from downtown Peoria. It is home to many Caterpillar Inc. facilities.
Kickapoo Township is located in Peoria County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 7,158 and it contained 3,005 housing units. [2] Kickapoo Township changed its name from Orange Township on an unknown date, but the best guess is 1850.
The Peoria Riverfront Museum is a non-profit multidisciplinary museum of art, science, history, and achievement that promotes itself as the only museum of its kind in the United States. It is located on the Illinois river in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Representing a unique private/public partnership, the museum is privately funded by donors and ...
The center of the neighborhood is a man-made lake covering approximately 40 acres (160,000 m 2). The neighborhood is governed by a homeowners association . Created by real estate developer Harold Jenn in the 1960s, Lake of the Woods Estates was at the beginning of a decades-long population shift towards the north in Peoria, a trend that ...
[1] [2] In 1961, the initial campaign raised $1 million for construction on Lake Avenue. [2] The Council raised money through subscriptions, pledges, advance gifts, and a benefit ball at the historic Pere Marquette. [1] [3] The museum was originally named Lakeview Center, after a Lakeview recreation camp that operated in East Peoria from 1923 ...
Princeville Township is located in Peoria County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,628 and it contained 674 housing units. [2] The township shares a border with Stark County to the North. It also borders Millbrook Township to the West, Akron Township to the East, and the Jubilee Township to the South.
Peoria Civic Center. The Peoria Civic Center includes an arena, convention center, and theater, and opened June 6, 1982, was designed by the famed late architect Philip Johnson. [95] It completed a $55 million renovation and expansion by 2007. [96] The Hotel Pere Marquette finished renovations in 2013 [97] with a skyway linking to the Peoria ...
Peoria Lake, sometimes called Lower Peoria Lake, is a section of the Illinois River between Peoria in Peoria County, Illinois and East Peoria in Tazewell County, Illinois. The oldest section of Peoria, the largest city on the river, lies at its shores. From a modern perspective, the lake runs from just south of the McClugage Bridge (US 24/US ...