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Communities Also Named Peoria ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Peoria.

Within Alberta, the name Peoria is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Peoria is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,548 miles [2,491.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Peoria.
    • Arkansas
      • Sebastian County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Peoria [Sebastian County].
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • This Peoria is located in Arapahoe County and lies 1,277 miles [2,055.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Peoria.
    • Florida
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Peoria [Clay County].
    • Illinois
      • Peoria County
      • This Peoria is located in Peoria County and lies 1,651 miles [2,657 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peoria County community of Peoria.
    • Indiana
      • Franklin County
      • This Peoria is located in Franklin County and lies 1,889 miles [3,040.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Peoria.
      • Miami County
      • This Peoria is located in Miami County and lies 1,783 miles [2,869.5 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Peoria.
    • Iowa
      • Mahaska County
      • This Peoria is located in Mahaska County and lies 1,505 miles [2,422.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahaska County community of Peoria.
      • Wayne County
      • This Peoria is located in Wayne County and lies 1,522 miles [2,449.4 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Peoria.
    • Kansas
      • Franklin County
      • This Peoria is located in Franklin County and lies 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Peoria.
    • Mississippi
      • Amite County
      • This Peoria is located in Amite County and lies 2,156 miles [3,469.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amite County community of Peoria.
    • Missouri
      • Washington County
      • This Peoria is located in Washington County and lies 1,768 miles [2,845.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Peoria.
    • Nebraska
      • Knox County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Peoria [Knox County].
    • New York
      • Wyoming County
      • This Peoria is located in Wyoming County and lies 1,984 miles [3,192.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Peoria.
    • North Carolina
      • Watauga County
      • This Peoria is located in Watauga County and lies 2,157 miles [3,471.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Watauga County community of Peoria.
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • This Peoria is located in Butler County and lies 1,889 miles [3,040.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Peoria.
      • Union County
      • This Peoria is located in Union County and lies 1,895 miles [3,049.7 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Peoria.
    • Oklahoma
      • Ottawa County
      • This Peoria is located in Ottawa County and lies 1,697 miles [2,731.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Peoria.
    • Oregon
      • Linn County
      • This Peoria is located in Linn County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Peoria.
    • Texas
      • Hill County
      • This Peoria is located in Hill County and lies 1,923 miles [3,094.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Peoria.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Peoria ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Crooked Creek
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crooked Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Sexsmith
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Spirit River
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Tangent
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangent
  • Teepee Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teepee Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teepee Creek

How Far From Peoria to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Peoria to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Peoria and extending to:

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Peoria to Edmonton, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,960 miles [3,154.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,104 miles [8,214.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Peoria. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Peoria) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Peoria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 55.6167, Longitude: -118.2833    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Peoria could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Peoria to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.724 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.313 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.063 degrees.




 

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