Illinois
Tazewell
Pekin Township

Pekin

Pekin is a city in , United States, and its county seat. It is along the in . The population was 31,731 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Town with 31,700 residents
  • Description: city and county seat of Tazewell County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Pekin IL”, “Pekin, Il”, “Pekin, IL”, and “Pekin, Illinois”
  • Postal codes: 61554, 61555, and 61558

Places of Interest

Highlights include John T. McNaughton Bridge and Pekin station.

Bridge
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The , also known as the Pekin Bridge, is a steel girder bridge that carries Illinois Route 9 over the from downtown Pekin to in central .

Railway station
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The St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railroad Depot, previously known as the Pekin Depot or Chicago and Alton Depot, is a historic railroad station in Pekin, . The station is one of the only historic rail-related buildings remaining in Pekin.

Power station
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The is an inoperative coal-fired generating plant owned by Vistra Energy. The plant, with a nameplate capacity of 780 megawatts, was connected with the high-tension power supply lines of . is situated 2 miles north of Pekin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Pekin and Marquette Heights.

Village
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is a village in , , . The population was 1,573 at the 2010 census. is a suburb of Peoria and is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Pekin.

Village
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is a city in , , . The population was 2,824 at the 2010 census. is a suburb of Peoria and is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. is situated 4½ miles northeast of Pekin.

Village
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is a small village in , , . The population was 227 at the 2000 census. is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. is situated 4½ miles west of Pekin.

Pekin

Latitude
40.56879° or 40° 34′ 8″ north
Longitude
-89.65016° or 89° 39′ 1″ west
Population
31,700
Elevation
502 feet (153 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US PKI
Open location code
86GGH89X+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9089856061
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4905599
Wiki­data ID
Q578328
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Pekin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيكين”
  • Basque: “Pekin”
  • Catalan: “Pekin”
  • Cebuano: “Pekin”
  • Chechen: “Пекин”
  • Chinese: “Pekin”
  • Chinese: “北京 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “北京”
  • Croatian: “Pekin”
  • Czech: “Pekin”
  • Dagbani: “Pekin”
  • Danish: “Pekin”
  • Dutch: “Pekin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيكين”
  • French: “Pekin”
  • German: “Pekin”
  • Gilaki: “پکین (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “پکین”
  • Haitian: “Pekin, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Pekin”
  • Hebrew: “פקין”
  • Hungarian: “Pekin”
  • Ido: “Pekin, Illinois”
  • Ido: “Pekin”
  • Irish: “Pekin”
  • Italian: “Pekin”
  • Japanese: “ペキン”
  • Korean: “피킨”
  • Ladin: “Pekin”
  • Literary Chinese: “北京”
  • Mazanderani: “پکین (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “پکین”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pekin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pekin”
  • Norwegian: “Pekin”
  • Persian: “پکین، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “پکین”
  • Polish: “Pekin”
  • Portuguese: “Pekin”
  • Russian: “Пекин”
  • Russian: “Пикин”
  • Serbian: “Пикин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pekin, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pekin”
  • Slovak: “Pekin”
  • Slovenian: “Pekin”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پکین، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Pekin (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Pekin”
  • Swedish: “Pekin, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Pekin”
  • Tatar: “Пекин”
  • Turkish: “Pekin, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Pekin”
  • Ukrainian: “Пекін”
  • Urdu: “پیکن، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “پیکن”
  • Uzbek: “Pekin”
  • Uzbek: “Пекин”
  • Vietnamese: “Pekin, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Pekin”
  • Volapük: “Pekin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pekin, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pekin”
  • Welsh: “Pekin, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Pekin”

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