Several places named Peoria are now just ghost towns found on old maps.
The original Peoria (there are Native Americans still living who claim Peoria blood) were one of the principal tribes of the once-strong Illinois Confederation and had a language of the Algonquian family.
The Algonquian nation had its ancient home north of the Great Lakes, whence the Peoria probably split off and drifted down the Mississippi Valley.
A few may owe their existence to settlers from Peoria, Illinois.
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