Peoria, Illinois, United States

E80737

city county seat

Peoria, Illinois, United States is a mid-sized city along the Illinois River known historically as a manufacturing and transportation hub and often cited as a barometer of mainstream American tastes.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Peoria, Illinois	53
Peoria, Illinois, United States canonical	13
Peoria, Illinois, United States of America	2
Downtown Peoria, Illinois	1
Peoria (Illinois subgroup)	1
Peoria, Illinois (regional)	1
Peoria, Illinois area	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T389927 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Peoria, Illinois, United States
Context triple: [Richard Pryor, placeOfBirth, Peoria, Illinois, United States]

A. Joliet, Illinois
Joliet, Illinois is a mid-sized city southwest of Chicago known for its historic prison, riverfront, and role as a regional industrial and transportation hub.
B. Champaign, Illinois, United States
Champaign is a central Illinois city known for forming the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area and hosting the main campus of the University of Illinois.
C. Peoria metropolitan area
The Peoria metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic center in central Illinois anchored by the city of Peoria and its surrounding communities.
D. Urbana, Illinois, United States
Urbana, Illinois, United States is a Midwestern college town best known as home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its major research community.
E. West Chicago, Illinois
West Chicago, Illinois is a suburban city in DuPage County known for its historic railroad roots and diverse residential community west of Chicago.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Peoria, Illinois, United States
Target entity description: Peoria, Illinois, United States is a mid-sized city along the Illinois River known historically as a manufacturing and transportation hub and often cited as a barometer of mainstream American tastes.

A. Joliet, Illinois
Joliet, Illinois is a mid-sized city southwest of Chicago known for its historic prison, riverfront, and role as a regional industrial and transportation hub.
B. Champaign, Illinois, United States
Champaign is a central Illinois city known for forming the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area and hosting the main campus of the University of Illinois.
C. Peoria metropolitan area
The Peoria metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic center in central Illinois anchored by the city of Peoria and its surrounding communities.
D. Urbana, Illinois, United States
Urbana, Illinois, United States is a Midwestern college town best known as home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its major research community.
E. West Chicago, Illinois
West Chicago, Illinois is a suburban city in DuPage County known for its historic railroad roots and diverse residential community west of Chicago.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ county seat ⓘ
areaCode	309 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
distanceTo	approximately 165 miles southwest of Chicago ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 146 meters ⓘ approximately 480 feet ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAirport	General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction	Forest Park Nature Center ⓘ Luthy Botanical Garden ⓘ Peoria Civic Center ⓘ Peoria Riverfront Museum ⓘ Peoria Zoo ⓘ
hasClimate	humid continental climate ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution	Bradley University ⓘ University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria ⓘ
hasHospital	OSF Saint Francis Medical Center ⓘ UnityPoint Health – Methodist ⓘ
hasPublicTransit	Greater Peoria Mass Transit District ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Peoria Chiefs ⓘ Peoria Rivermen ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWithCompany	Caterpillar Inc. ⓘ linked to: Caterpillar
incorporatedAsCity	1845 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Peoria County, Illinois ⓘ
knownFor	barometer of mainstream American tastes ⓘ manufacturing hub ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ
locatedIn	Peoria County, Illinois ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Central Illinois ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Illinois River ⓘ
majorIndustry	education ⓘ healthcare ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ
namedAfter	Peoria tribe ⓘ
partOf	Peoria metropolitan area ⓘ
postalCode	61602 ⓘ 61603 ⓘ 61604 ⓘ 61605 ⓘ 61606 ⓘ 61607 ⓘ 61614 ⓘ 61615 ⓘ 61616 ⓘ
settled	late 17th century ⓘ
slogan	Will it play in Peoria? ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Central Time Zone

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Referenced by (72)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard Pryor → placeOfBirth → Peoria, Illinois, United States ⓘ

Richard Pryor → residence → Peoria, Illinois, United States ⓘ

Illinois → hasMajorCity → Peoria, Illinois ⓘ