Pekin City, Tazewell County, Illinois (IL)

Pekin City

Tazewell County, Illinois

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Pekin City Hall is located at 111 South Capitol Street, Pekin, IL 61554.
Phone: 309‑477‑2300.

Neighborhoods

  • Glorianne Acres
  • Sun Valley
  • Alfs Addition
  • Arlann Country Club
  • Baileys Addition
  • Bay Pointe Estates
  • Brentwood Manor
  • Briarcliff
  • Briggs Heights
  • Broadmoor Heights
  • Brooklawn
  • Brookshire Estates
  • Casets Addition
  • Caseys Addition
  • Charltons
  • Chestnut Addition
  • Colt
  • Colts Addition
  • Conklins
  • Country
  • Country Club
  • Country Club Estates
  • Cummings Addition
  • Dawn On The Lake
  • Deer Haven
  • Deerfield
  • Deerfield Estates
  • Delshire Acres
  • Dvorak
  • East Addition
  • Edgewater Park
  • Florence Ave Condos
  • Garden Addition
  • Garmans Addition
  • Giffin Quarello Addition
  • Gingoteague Estates
  • Grandview Addition
  • Grandview Estates
  • Green Addition
  • Greenbriar
  • Greenview
  • Hickory Hills
  • Holiday Hills
  • Kings Addition
  • Kriegsmans Addition
  • Lake Arlann Country Club
  • Lake Park
  • Lakeview
  • Lands Description
  • Lawndale
  • Lick Creek
  • Lick Creek Manor
  • Lohman Acres
  • Luttickens
  • Luttickens Cove
  • Maple Addition
  • Marigold Estates
  • Midway Addition
  • Miller Addition
  • Millers Addn.
  • Mineral Springs
  • Northlake Village
  • Northside Manor
  • Orig Town
  • Osprey Court
  • Papugas
  • Paris
  • Parkside Manor
  • Parkway Manor
  • Pekin Gardens Addition
  • Pekin Gardens Addn.
  • Pekin Villas
  • Petries Addition
  • Pleasant Point
  • Prairie Village
  • Privett
  • Red Shale Estates
  • Rees
  • Remington Lake
  • Robinsons Field
  • Rosedale Addition
  • Royal Colony
  • Sage Addition
  • Sausalito Bay Estates
  • Schaeferville
  • Schramms Addition
  • Schrecks
  • Sheridan Estates
  • Southmoor
  • Steinmetz
  • Sturgeon Addition
  • Suncrest
  • Suncrest Addition
  • Sunset
  • Sunset Hills
  • Sunset Lake Estates
  • Svendsons
  • Tharp Place Addition
  • Tudor Village
  • Twin Lakes
  • Villa Valle Vista
  • Whitehurst Cliffs

The first to settle in the area that would become Pekin was Jonathan Tharp who built a log cabin on the east bank of the Illinois River in 1824. He was followed by family members and friends. The "Town Site" was laid out by William Hodge, a county surveyor, in 1829. The city was named after Peking, China. A post office was opened in 1832. By 1837 the town had 3 stores, 2 taverns, a church, a railroad depot, a school and ferry service across the Illinois River. The town was organized as a city in 1849.

  1. City of Pekin, The History of the City of Pekin, www.ci.pekin.il.us, accessed November, 2011.

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