Official Name: | Peoria, Oregon |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Oregon#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Peoria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Linn |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.23 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.23 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 103 |
Population Density Km2: | 83.72 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 216.84 |
Timezone: | Pacific |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | Pacific |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Coordinates: | 44.4508°N -123.2042°W |
Elevation Ft: | 259 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 541 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 41-57300 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2584420 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.47 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.47 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Peoria is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Linn County, Oregon, United States. It is on the right bank of the Willamette River at river mile 141 between Eugene and Corvallis. Lacking stores and services, it is a cluster of houses plus a county park along Peoria Road, about 8miles south of Oregon Route 34 and north of Harrisburg.[2] As of the 2010 census, the population was 94.[3]
Peoria, named for Peoria, Illinois, was first settled in 1851 by H. A. McCartney. By 1875, the community was prosperous enough to have four grain warehouses and a school with 60 pupils. However, after the Oregon and California Railroad established a line through Shedd and Halsey further east, business in Peoria declined.[4]
A post office in this vicinity opened in 1855 under the name "Burlington". The name was changed to "Peoria" in 1857, and the office closed in 1900.[4] Through the early decades of the 20th century, a river ferry operated out of Peoria.[5]