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1555:West Peoria
1525:Princeville
1470:Chillicothe
1442:Princeville
1391:Bartonville
1361:West Peoria
1340:Chillicothe
1315:County seat
1168:WCBU Peoria
1120:January 31,
894:WCBU Peoria
806:Bill Tuttle
796:Lorado Taft
702:other races
373: /
223:ZIP Code(s)
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1700:Categories
1588:Smithville
1416:Hanna City
825:References
784:Tim Monroe
680:As of the
358:40°46′42″N
163:Population
80:40°46′42″N
1662:Footnotes
1623:Edelstein
1578:Mossville
1540:Rosefield
1535:Richwoods
1515:Millbrook
1500:Limestone
1465:Brimfield
1452:Townships
1401:Brimfield
1043:April 23,
870:April 14,
845:March 15,
778:Lora Marx
361:89°58′6″W
347:Geography
247:FIPS code
235:Area code
185:Time zone
83:89°58′6″W
1643:Kickapoo
1495:Kickapoo
1426:Mapleton
1411:Glasford
1396:Bellevue
1383:Villages
743:(1881);
706:Hispanic
696:, 0.15%
692:, 0.36%
688:, 0.15%
310:Illinois
263:17-23698
251:17-23698
119:Illinois
1633:Edwards
1593:Trivoli
1550:Trivoli
1490:Jubilee
1480:Hallock
1475:Elmwood
1431:Norwood
1345:Elmwood
1194:unknown
1095:June 4,
735:Culture
323:History
302:Elmwood
290:Website
276:2394676
108:Country
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1638:Elmore
1545:Timber
1530:Radnor
1510:Medina
1485:Hollis
1406:Dunlap
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1332:Cities
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1243:May 4,
1217:May 4,
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1017:May 4,
991:May 4,
962:May 4,
899:May 4,
710:Latino
624:−13.0%
519:−10.6%
504:−12.1%
399:Census
128:Peoria
124:County
1653:Laura
1613:Akron
1603:Other
1505:Logan
1460:Akron
1350:Pekin
698:Asian
686:White
669:−1.9%
664:2,058
649:2,097
634:1,945
619:1,841
604:2,117
589:2,014
579:16.7%
574:1,882
564:19.7%
559:1,613
549:15.6%
544:1,348
534:−6.1%
529:1,166
514:1,242
499:1,390
484:1,582
469:1,548
454:1,504
444:24.9%
439:1,476
424:1,182
228:61529
211:UTC−5
190:UTC−6
171:2,058
116:State
1628:Eden
1618:Alta
1583:Rome
1565:CDPs
1245:2024
1219:2024
1175:2024
1143:ISBN
1122:2008
1097:2015
1075:2015
1045:2011
1019:2024
993:2024
964:2024
901:2024
872:2023
847:2022
816:and
660:2020
654:7.8%
645:2010
639:5.6%
630:2000
615:1990
609:5.1%
600:1980
594:7.0%
585:1970
570:1960
555:1950
540:1940
525:1930
510:1920
495:1910
489:2.2%
480:1900
474:2.9%
465:1890
459:1.9%
450:1880
435:1870
420:1860
408:Note
403:Pop.
270:GNIS
259:code
257:FIPS
134:Area
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240:309
215:CDT
204:DST
194:CST
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