Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Peoria came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Peoria in various books, articles and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Peoria. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Peoria data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

The GNIS database contains an entry for Peoria. See our Misc Page for Peoria for more information.