Name This Peoria Landmark

Geesh, you guys are good. It is definitely a screen shot of my computer which apparently looks like a brain scan of a Park Board Member.

Gary got it- A satellite image of Peoria, TX. I guess the crosshairs on the small map in the upper left hand side gave it away. Either Alan is a Texas native, or he did a little Googling, because he is absolutely correct that it is “Specifically the intersection of State Routes 22 and 1947″

Peoria, Texas: named by B.F. Stewart of Peoria, Il, 6 miles west of Hillsboro Texas, it had a population of 500 in 1878. As the railway bypassed the town, it’s population dropped to 349 by 1890 and counts only 81 residents as of 1990.

Other Peorias:

Peoria, IA: located in south central Iowa near Pella. Population: 0

Peoria, CA: located in the San Francisco/Oakland area of California. The most interesting thing I could find out about this community is that they recently conducted a survey on whether the public liked their new blank & white police cars. They received a 90% approval rating.

Peoria, OK: With only a population of 141, it boasts the Peoria Ridge golf course and the Buffalo Run Casino; of course owned by the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

Peoria, AZ: This suburb of Phoenix boasts a 2003 population of 127,580, topping Peoria Illinois population of 112,907. It’s first settlers came from Peoria, Il in the 1880s to farm lands in the Salt River Valley, fed by the newly built Arizona Canal.

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