Peoria County, Illinois
Founding: 1825 Parent county: Fulton Namesake: The Peoria people Seat: Peoria (1825–) Land area: 619 square miles Population (2020): 181,830 Population (historic): 6,153 (1840); 36,601 (1860); 55,355 (1880); 88,608 (1900); 141,344 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1980; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: Four cities; 11 villages; two CDPs; 20 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 18,322 (21.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 37.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,363 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,309 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,499 Average farm size (1920): 105.5 acres Sources of settlement: Germany, Ohio, Ireland, New York, Pennsylvania, and England _______________...