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Peoria County, Illinois, United States

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Details for Peoria County

NamePeoria County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Illinois, United States
County SeatPeoria (Peoria City Township)
Coordinates
Latitude 40.7667038 40° 46' 00.1" N
Longitude -89.7667705 89° 46' 00.4" W
Population182,827
Elevation189 m
Surrounding CountiesMarshall NE
Woodford E
Tazewell SE
Fulton SW
Knox NW
Stark N
USGS GNIS FeatureID1784920
Histopolis Place ID980091571
Updated May 12, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Peoria County

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Peoria County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Peoria County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Peoria/cem/ (20 Aug 2009)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=761 (5 Sep 2009)

Peoria County, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois (16 Jul 2010)

Illinois Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Illinois Gravestone Photos]
Research your Illinois ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Illinois gravestone photos. Locate Illinois gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Illinois roots.
http://illinoisgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=72 (10 Mar 2011)

The USGenWeb Illinois Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/peoria/peoriacem.html (8 Dec 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Peoria County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=6555&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (23 Jan 2008)

Peoria County, Illinois IL, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Peoria County, Illinois IL, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6555 (12 Nov 2008)

Peoria County, Illinois Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Peoria County, Illinois
http://www.interment.net/us/il/peoria.htm (16 May 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Peoria County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Peoria County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Peoria/ (18 Feb 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Peoria County, Ill. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PE.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)
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Surveys in Peoria County

2 Surveys, 8 Ranges, 27 Townships

The Fourth Principal Meridian and Third Principal Meridian surveys govern land descriptions in all or part of Peoria County. You can navigate to any of the 27 survey townships that overlap Peoria County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Peoria County

20 Townships
AkronBrimfieldChillicotheElmwood
HallockHollisJubileeKickapoo
LimestoneLoganMedinaMillbrook
Peoria CityPrincevilleRadnorRichwoods
RosefieldTimberTrivoliWest Peoria

Cities of Peoria County

6 Cities, 11 Villages, 38 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
AkronAltaAveryvilleBartonville (village)
Bellevue (village)Brimfield (village)Cedar Bluff EstatesChillicothe (city)
CoughlinCramerDunlap (village)Edelstein
EdenEdwardsEl VistaElmore
Elmwood (city)Farmington (city)Glasford (village)Golden Acres
Hanna City (village)HollisKellerKickapoo (Kickapoo Township)
Kickapoo (Limestone Township)Kingston Mines (village)LancasterLaura
Long Shore ParkMapleton (village)MaxwellMonica
MossvilleNorth ChillicotheNorth HamptonNorth Peoria
Norwood (village)Oak HillOlinOrange Prairie
Pekin (city)Peoria (city)Peoria Heights (village)Pioneer
PottstownPrinceville (village)RomeSankoty
SmithvilleSouth RomeSouthportTrivoli
TuscaroraWest HallockWest Peoria (city)

Cemeteries of Peoria County

69 Cemeteries, 7 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
Apostolic ChristianBlue RidgeBrimfieldBrown
BrunswickCalvaryCameronCampbell
Chillicothe CityChrist EpiscopalCombsConcord
CottonwoodDickesonElmwood CityErtley
French GroveGlendaleHammettHarker's Corner
Harkness GroveHawleyHebrewHinkle
HitchcockHollisJubileeKingston Mines
KoernerLa SalleLancasterLehigh
Lutheran (Jubilee Township)Lutheran (Limestone Township)Maple RidgeMooney
North HamptonOak HillParkerParkview
Penn RidgePerria County FarmPleasant GrovePottstown
Princeville TownshipProspectResurrectionRobinson
Saint Clement'sSaint John's LutheranSaint Joseph'sSaint Marys (Elmwood Township)
Saint Marys (Princeville, Akron Township)Saint Mary's of the WoodsSaint Patrick'sSmithville
SouthportSpringdaleSt. Clement's (*)St. John's Lutheran (*)
St. Joseph's (*)St. Marys (* Elmwood Township)St. Marys (* Princeville, Akron Township)St. Mary's of the Woods (*)
St. Patrick's (*)StreitmatterSwan Lake Memory GardensTexas Station
TrialTrivoliUnionWalker
WallikerWatkinsWest HallockWoertz

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