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www.ci.pekin.il.us. Pekin (/ ˈpiːkɪn / PEE-kin) is a city in and the county seat of Tazewell County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located on the Illinois River, Pekin is the largest city of Tazewell County and the second most populous municipality of the Peoria metropolitan area, after Peoria itself. [4] As of the 2020 census, its ...
Tazewell County (/ tæzwɛl /) is located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 131,343. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Pekin. [2] It is pronounced with a short "a", to rhyme with "razz" rather than "raze." Tazewell County is part of the Peoria, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 2012 and 2011–12 North American winter. On March 2 and 3, 2012, a deadly tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States into the Ohio Valley region. The storms resulted in 41 tornado-related fatalities, 22 of which occurred in Kentucky. [2] Tornado-related deaths also occurred in ...
South Pekin has seen its share of disasters, starting with flooding during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.The town's worst disaster was the F3 tornado of March 30, 1938, that destroyed much of South Pekin and killed nine of the village’s residents; [11] [12] it remains the deadliest tornado in Central Illinois over 85 years later.
Pekin Township, Tazewell County, Illinois. / 40.59056°N 89.63083°W / 40.59056; -89.63083. Pekin Township is located in Tazewell County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 29,807 and it contained 13,321 housing units. [3]
Pekin Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is a 1,181-acre area of protected habitat on the Illinois River adjacent to the city of Pekin, Illinois, within Tazewell County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) describes the protected area as a bottomland of sloughs, lakes, and low timbered ridges.