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Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
Edwards
Unincorporated community
From the right turn lane on Taylor Road, the Bethel Bible Church at left, a rectangular grain elevator building in the center, and Illinois Route 8 sign on the right.Taylor Road at IL 8, 2007
Edwards is located in Peoria County, IllinoisEdwardsEdwards
Coordinates: 40°44′45″N 89°44′39″W / 40.74583°N 89.74417°W / 40.74583; -89.74417
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyPeoria
Civil townshipKickapoo
Elevation525 ft (160 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code61528
Area code309
GNIS feature ID407800

Edwards is an unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Edwards is located on Illinois Route 8 northwest of downtown Peoria. Edwards has a post office with ZIP Code 61528; the Post Office is now located on Dubois Road just south of Interstate 74 exit 82, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) north of the original Edwards.

History

Edwards is in section 19 of Kickapoo Township, and was previously called Edwards Station, as a train station on the Peoria and Galesburg division of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, originally the Peoria, Oquawka and Burlington Railroad in 1857 when the railroad was completed and the station opened. The first settler, Isaac Jones, died in 1840.

References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ZIP Code Lookup
  3. "Post Office Locations in the Edwards, IL area". Post Office Locations. United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "Kickapoo Township". The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Chicago: Johnson & Company. 1880. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  5. "Kickapoo Township". The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Chicago: Johnson & Company. 1880. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
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County seat: Peoria
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