Pekin Township
Pekin Township is located in Tazewell County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 29,807 and it contained 13,321 housing units.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 27,600 residents
- Description: township in Tazewell County, Illinois
- Also known as: “Pekin Township, Tazewell County, Illinois” and “Township of Pekin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pekin station and E.D. Edwards Power Plant.
Pekin station
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, Illinois. The station is one of the only historic rail-related buildings remaining in Pekin.
E.D. Edwards Power Plant
Power station
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The E.D. Edwards Power Plant 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 Central Illinois.
John T. McNaughton Bridge
Bridge
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The John T. McNaughton Bridge, also known as the Pekin Bridge, is a steel girder bridge that carries Illinois Route 9 over the Illinois River from downtown Pekin to Peoria County in central Illinois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pekin and Marquette Heights.
Pekin
Town
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Pekin is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It is along the Illinois River in Central Illinois. The population was 31,731 at the 2020 census.
Marquette Heights
Village
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Marquette Heights is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,824 at the 2010 census. Marquette Heights is a suburb of Peoria and is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Marquette Heights is situated 2½ miles northeast of Pekin Township.
North Pekin
Village
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North Pekin is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,573 at the 2010 census. North Pekin is a suburb of Peoria and is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Pekin Township
- Category: township of Illinois
- Location: Tazewell, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Pekin Township” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Pekin udalerria, Tazewell konderria (Illinois)”
- Basque: “Pekin udalerria, Tazewell konderria”
- Chinese: “北京鎮區 (伊利諾伊州塔茲韋爾縣)”
- Chinese: “北京鎮區”
- French: “Pekin Township”
- German: “Pekin Township”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Pekin”
- Urdu: “پیکن ٹاؤن شپ، ٹیزویل کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “پیکن ٹاؤن شپ”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Pekin, Quận Tazewell, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Pekin”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lakeview Cemetery and Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery.
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