East Peoria, Illinois East Peoria Location of East Peoria inside Illinois Location of East Peoria inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: East Peoria, Illinois East Peoria is a town/city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States.
East Peoria is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area, positioned athwart the Illinois River from downtown Peoria.
The chief commercial region of East Peoria is just athwart the river from downtown Peoria.
In concert with the renovation of old Caterpillar factories, the evolution of the downtown Peoria Riverfront Museum and Caterpillar Visitors Center, and the renovation of Interstate 74 and of the area's bridges, East Peoria's downtown and urban region have advanced as well.
The new East Peoria City Hall, adjoining to the library with a shared Civic Plaza, was assembled and dedicated in 2015.
East Peoria is positioned at 40 40 9 N 89 32 44 W (40.669075, -89.545533). According to the 2010 census, East Peoria has a total region of 22.147 square miles (57.36 km2), of which 19.96 square miles (51.70 km2) (or 90.13%) is territory and 2.187 square miles (5.66 km2) (or 9.87%) is water. In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
East Peoria is serviced by 4 school districts: 1 high school precinct and 3 elementary districts.
East Peoria High School is the only high school, and both the other districts, Robein, District 86, and Creve Coeur District 76 feed into it.
East Peoria is home to the majority of the commercial tv broadcast outlets that serve the Peoria area.
WEEK-TV, channel 25, the small-town NBC affiliate, has long maintained studios and transmitter facilities on Springfield Road in East Peoria.
The remainder of Peoria's TV stations maintain their studios athwart the river in Peoria.
The water provided by East Peoria Public Works (which services most, if not all of East Peoria homes and businesses) is extremely hard, at 28 grains/gallon as calcium, or roughly 479 mg/L.
The Holt Manufacturing Company in Stockton, California had successfully assembled crawler-type tractors and in 1909 began looking for manufacturing facilities closer to the vast agricultural markets in the Midwest farm belt.
Holt bought the assets on October 25, 1909 for the $50,000 note held by a trust company. and began operations on February 15, 1910 with 12 employees. The "Holt Caterpillar Company" was incorporated in both Illinois and California on January 12, 1910. East Peoria became Holt Manufacturing Company's easterly manufacturing plant, competing with the close-by Avery Tractor Company. Holt was credited with producing the first practical continuous tracks for use with tractors and he registered "Caterpillar" as a trademark in 1911. The Peoria facility proved so profitable that only two years later the Peoria facility working 625 citizens and was exporting tractors to Argentina, Canada, and Mexico. In April and May 1925, after a reconstructionof financial difficulty, the financially stronger C.
Best consolidated with the market prestige Holt Caterpillar to form the Caterpillar Tractor Co. Clarence Leo Best assumed the title of CEO, and remained in that part until October 1951. The new business was headquartered in San Leandro until 1930, when under the terms of the consolidation it was moved to Peoria. The Caterpillar business merged its product lines and went on to supply the Allied armies with artillery tractors amid World War I, the first use of crawling type tractors for military purposes.
The War Office was suitably impressed and chose it as a gun-tractor. Holt Caterpillar tractors were also the inspiration for the evolution of the British tank, which profoundly altered ground warfare tactics. See also: East Peoria Community High School Notable alumni Joe Girardi, catcher for four Major League Baseball squads and current manager of the New York Yankees; native of East Peoria: played in East Peoria Little League Sam Kinison, comedian and actor (Have You Seen Me Lately?, Savage Dawn, Back to School); attended East Peoria Community High School Roger Phegley, shooting guard and small forward for six National Basketball Association teams; played both baseball and basketball for East Peoria Community High School "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Cat hits 100-year milestone: Holt Caterpillar started operations in East Peoria in 1910 with 12 employees".
Peoria, Illinois: Journal Star.
"Form Company to Manufacture Engines".
Articles of incorporation of the Holt Caterpillar Company were filed with the county clerk today....a branch business of Holt manufacturing company...
Peoria City and County, Illinois: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement.
"Caterpillar On-Highway Engines: About Us>History>Growth".
The Holt Company produced their own gasoline engines at the initial "engine division," the Aurora Engine Company,...a subsidiary business set up for that purpose.
"HOLT CAT - Texas Caterpillar Dealer Equipment Sales and Service".
Peoria Journal Star.
The Peoria Journal Star, Inc.
Girardi, an East Peoria native who played for the Peoria Chiefs ...
He moved on to organized baseball under Dave Rodgers in the East Peoria Little League, again against boys decidedly older than him, but yet dominating the competition.
Peoria Journal Star.
Peoria, Illinois.
...probably more like lower middle class for the time and the town, East Peoria, Illinois, where we lived...
Peoria, Illinois: Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame.
Phil Luciano, "Ex-REO Speedwagon guitarist and East Peoria native Gary Richrath dies at 65".
Peoria Journal Star, September 14, 2015.
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