Peoria, Illinois, United States

E80737

city county seat

Peoria, Illinois, United States is a mid-sized city along the Illinois River known historically as a manufacturing and transportation hub and often cited as a barometer of mainstream American tastes.

Aliases (2)

Peoria, Illinois ×61
Peoria, Illinois, United States of America ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → county seat →
areaCode	309 →
country	United States →
distanceTo	approximately 165 miles southwest of Chicago →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 146 meters → approximately 480 feet →
governmentType	mayor–council government →
hasAirport	General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport →
hasAttraction	Forest Park Nature Center → Luthy Botanical Garden → Peoria Civic Center → Peoria Riverfront Museum → Peoria Zoo →
hasClimate	humid continental climate →
hasHigherEducationInstitution	Bradley University → University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria →
hasHospital	OSF Saint Francis Medical Center → UnityPoint Health – Methodist →
hasPublicTransit	Greater Peoria Mass Transit District →
hasSportsTeam	Peoria Chiefs → Peoria Rivermen →
historicallyAssociatedWithCompany	Caterpillar Inc. →
incorporatedAsCity	1845 →
isCountySeatOf	Peoria County, Illinois NERFINISHED →
knownFor	barometer of mainstream American tastes → manufacturing hub → transportation hub →
locatedIn	Peoria County, Illinois NERFINISHED →
locatedInRegion	Central Illinois → Midwestern United States →
locatedOnRiver	Illinois River →
majorIndustry	education → healthcare → manufacturing →
namedAfter	Peoria tribe →
partOf	Peoria metropolitan area →
postalCode	61602 → 61603 → 61604 → 61605 → 61606 → 61607 → 61614 → 61615 → 61616 →
settled	late 17th century →
slogan	Will it play in Peoria? →
state	Illinois →
timeZone	Central Time Zone →
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Joe Girardi → Nancy Goodman Brinker → Richard Pryor → Richard Pryor ("Peoria, Illinois, United States of America") →	placeOfBirth
Peoria, Arizona ("Peoria, Illinois") → Peoria, Arizona ("Peoria, Illinois") →	namedAfter
Peoria metropolitan area ("Peoria, Illinois") →	adminCenter
Peoria metropolitan area ("Peoria, Illinois") →	anchorCity
Central Illinois ("Peoria, Illinois") →	contains
Peoria metropolitan area ("Peoria, Illinois") →	containsCity
Illinois ("Peoria, Illinois") →	hasMajorCity
Peoria metropolitan area ("Peoria, Illinois") →	largestCity
Peoria metropolitan area ("Peoria, Illinois") →	principalCity
Richard Pryor →	residence
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois ("Peoria, Illinois") →	seat