Annotations
PEKIN, A thriving post village of Tazewell county, on the left bank of Illinois river, 12 miles below Peoria and about 60 miles north from Springfield. It is the largest place in the county and has an active business. Large quantities of produce are shipped here by steamboats. Pekin contains a number of churches, an academy, two newspaper offices and several steam mills. Middleton Tackaberry, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer..., 1859)
Latitude
40.567527
Longitude
-89.6249
Waterways
Yes
Type
City or Town
County
Tazewell
State
Illinois