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Peoria County, Illinois

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67newspaper titles

3digitized titles

36historic places

1800earliest paper

1825formed

181,830pop. 2020

116cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 67 newspaper titles published in Peoria County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1800. 3 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 36 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Peoria, Norwood Park, Kickapoo.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Peoria

Library of Congress

67 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
Chillicothe Bulletin	Chillicothe	1800–1999
Chillicothe Independent	Chillicothe	1800–1999
Chillicothe Reporter	Chillicothe	1800–1899
Chronicle and Herald	Yates City, Elmwood	1800–?
Daily Evening Journal	Peoria	1800–1878
The Bradley Tech	Peoria	1800–1999
The Brimfield News	Brimfield	1800–1999
The Memento	Peoria	1800–1899
The Illinois Champion and Peoria Herald	Peoria	1834–1835
Illinois Champion and Peoria Republican	Peoria	1835–1899
The Gerrymander	Peoria	1843–1843
Daily Transcript	Peoria	1855–1859
The Daily Democratic Union	Peoria	1857–1861
Elmwood Chronicle	Elmwood	1860–1899
Democratic Union	Peoria	1861–1862
Daily National Democrat	Peoria	1865–1865
The Loyal Visitor	Peoria	1865–1999
Daily National Democrat	Peoria	1868–1870
Chillicothe Weekly Reporter	Chillicothe	1874–1899
Industrial Journal	Elmwood	1874–1875
The Elmwood Messenger	Elmwood	1874–1902
The Brimfield Gazette	Brimfield	1876–1879
Die Sonne	Peoria	1879–1882
Elmwood Semi-Weekly Gazette	Elmwood	1879–1889
The Elmwood Gazette	Elmwood	1879–1879
Elmwood Weekly Gazette	Elmwood	1880–1883
Emery's Daily Peorian	Peoria	1881–1881
Evening Peorian	Peoria	1881–1899
The Chillicothe Bulletin	Chillicothe	1882–1887
Elmwood Gazette	Elmwood	1883–1992
The Daily National Democrat	Peoria	1887–1887
The Chillicothe Bulletin	Chillicothe	1890–1997
The Daily Bulletin	Chillicothe	1896–1999
Green Valley Times	Peoria	1897–1999
Glasford Gazette	Glasford, Hanna City, Trivoli	1899–?
Averyville News	Peoria	1900–1999
Grey Stone Guardian	Peoria	1900–?
The Hanna City-Trivoli Index	Hanna City, Glasford	1900–1997
Hanna City Times	Hanna City	1901–?
The Herald-Transcript	Peoria	1902–1904
The Forum Digitized	Springfield, Peoria	1904–1929
The Forum Digitized	Springfield, Peoria	1904–?
Journal	Peoria	1928–1931
The Averyville Bulletin	Peoria	1928–1999
The Arrow Messenger	Peoria	1930–1999
Labor Temple News	Peoria	1937–1956
The Heights Herald	Peoria Heights	1941–1989
Bloomington Labor News	Bloomington, Peoria	1944–1945
Bloomington-Normal Labor News	Peoria	1950–1999
Labor News	Peoria	1956–1956
Bartonville News	Bartonville	1957–1999
Jewish Community Journal	Peoria	1968–1978
Left Speak Out	Peoria	1968–?
The Black Rapper	Peoria	1968–?
Limestone Independent News	Bartonville	1969–?
The Journal Star	Peoria	1971–?
The Journal Star Digitized	Peoria	1971–?
Illinois Valley Community News	Peoria	1972–?
The Labor News	Peoria	1973–1976
Labor Paper	Peoria	1981–1988
Central Peoria Observer	Peoria	1982–1985
Labor	Peoria	1988–?
Community Word	Peoria	1989–?
Chillicothe Times-Bulletin	Peoria	1997–?
El Paso Times-Journal	Peoria	1997–?
Chillicothe Independent	Chillicothe	1998–?
The Chillicothe Enquirer	Chillicothe	?–

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

Sample front pages

Chronicling America

No digitized front pages for Peoria are currently available in Chronicling America. Title listings above still come from the U.S. Newspaper Directory. Browse Chronicling America.

Courtesy Library of Congress, Chronicling America.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

24 of 36 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

36 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Central National Park Building	Peoria	Building	1978
Christ Church of Lower Kickapoo	Norwood Park	Building	1983
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Peoria	Building	1980
Downtown Peoria Historic District	Peoria	District	2018
Flanagan, Judge, Residence	Peoria	Building	1975
Gale, Judge Jacob, House	Peoria	Building	1982
Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall	Peoria	Building	1976
Grand View Drive	Peoria	District	1996
Illinois Waterway Project Office	Peoria	District	2004
International Harvester Building	Peoria	Building	2005
Jubilee College	Kickapoo	Building	1972
Kickapoo Building	Peoria	Building	2013
Lincoln Branch Peoria Public Library	Peoria	Building	2014
Madison Theatre	Peoria	Building	1980
Marquette Apartments	Peoria	Building	2016
North Side Historic District	Peoria	District	1983
Peace and Harvest	Peoria	Object	1994
Peoria Automobile Club	Chillicothe	Building	1995
Peoria City Hall	Peoria	Building	1973
Peoria Cordage Company	Peoria	District	1982
Peoria Mineral Springs	Peoria	District	1982
Peoria State Hospital	Bartonville	District	1982
Peoria Warehouse Historic District	Peoria	District	2014
Peoria Waterworks	Peoria	Building	1980
Pere Marquette Hotel	Peoria	Building	1982
Pettingill-Morron House	Peoria	Building	1976
Pioneers, The	Elmwood	Object	2001
Pleasant Grove School	Eden	Building	1994
Proctor, John C., Recreation Center	Peoria	Building	1979
Rock Island Depot and Freight House	Peoria	Building	1978
Springdale Cemetery	Peoria	District	2004
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse	Peoria	Building	2012
Wear, Washington C., House	Princeville	Building	1993
West Bluff Historic District	Peoria	District	1976
YWCA Building	Peoria	Building	2007
Zion Episcopal Church	Brimfield	Building	2024

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Peoria was formed in 1825 (1825-01-13) from Fulton.

PEORIA created from FULTON and Non-County Area 5 attached to FULTON. Non-County Area 6 attached to PEORIA "for county purposes."

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Peoria County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6,153	36,601	55,355	88,608	111,710	153,374	174,347	189,044	200,466	183,433	181,830

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

116 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 116 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Apostolic Christian Cemetery	40.93185	-89.74973
Auten Cemetery	None	None
Blue Ridge Cemetery	40.95985	-89.57655
Bonegap Cemetery	None	None
Bramble Cemetery	None	None
Brimfield Township Cemetery	40.8431	-89.89743
Brown Cemetery	40.77701	-89.77538
Brunswick Cemetery	40.64266	-89.93077
Bunker Hill Cemetery	None	None
Calvary Cemetery	40.84724	-89.86942
Campbell Cemetery	40.93448	-89.88372
Catholic Cemetery	None	None
Catholic Cemetery	None	None
Centerville Cemetery	None	None
Chillicothe City Cemetery	40.90837	-89.49426
Christ Episcopal Cemetery	40.70701	-89.71731
Cline Cemetery	None	None
Coal Hollow Cemetery	None	None
Combs Cemetery	40.76697	-89.78844
Concord Cemetery	40.64717	-89.97285
Copperas Cemetery (historical)	None	None
Cottonwood Cemetery	40.73267	-89.79582
Dickinson Cemetery	40.83183	-89.6959
Drumm Cemetery	None	None
Dunlap Family Cemetery	None	None
Elmwood Catholic Cemetery	None	None
Elmwood Township Cemetery	40.78478	-89.96887
Ertley Cemetery	40.94656	-89.68136
French Grove Cemetery	40.89504	-89.95261
Glassford Cemetery	None	None
Glendale Cemetery	40.95615	-89.98261
Glendale Cemetery	None	None
Goes Cemetery	None	None
Goodwin Family Cemetery	None	None
Hall's Station Cemetery	None	None
Hammett Cemetery	40.95143	-89.48259
Harker's Corner Cemetery	40.62901	-89.75931
Harkness Grove Cemetery	40.70545	-89.92764
Hebrew Cemetery	40.70053	-89.63778
Hendrick Cemetery	None	None
High Street Cemetery	None	None
Hinkle Cemetery	40.57566	-89.83099
Hitchcock Cemetery	40.88574	-89.67199
Hollis Cemetery	40.59698	-89.67205
Jones Family Cemetery	None	None
Jones Family Cemetery	None	None
Jubilee Churchyard Cemetery	40.81611	-89.78311
Jubilee Lutheran Cemetery	None	None
Kickapoo Cemetery	None	None
Kingston Mines Cemetery	40.56098	-89.77455
Koerner Cemetery	40.76441	-89.69167
Kramm	None	None
La Salle Cemetery	40.87947	-89.55342
LaSalle Cemetery	None	None
Lancaster Cemetery	40.58448	-89.83705
Laura Cemetery	None	None
Lehigh Cemetery	40.7559	-89.91227
Lutheran Cemetery	40.67676	-89.64931
Maple Ridge Cemetery	40.58837	-89.74604
Masonic Cemetery	None	None
Methodist Episcopal Cemetery	None	None
Moffats Cemetery	None	None
Moffitt Cemetery	None	None
Mooney Cemetery	40.87836	-89.55314
Mossville Cemetery	None	None
Mount Hawley Cemetery	40.81598	-89.61244
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	None	None
North Hampton Cemetery	40.92986	-89.52481
North Limestone Presbyteran Cemetery	None	None
North Limestone Presbyterian Cemetery	40.69599	-89.73585
Norwood Cemetery	None	None
Oak Hill Cemetery	40.79489	-89.85156
Oerley Cemetery	None	None
Old Princeville Grove	None	None
Otto Cemetery	None	None
Parker Cemetery	40.67289	-89.94845
Parkview Cemetery	40.71304	-89.61725
Penn Ridge Cemetery	40.63973	-89.87862
Peoria City Cemetery	None	None
Peoria State Hospital Cemetery	None	None

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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