Akron, Illinois

Akron is an unincorporated community in Peoria County, in the U.S. state of Illinois.^[1]

History

Akron was made a railroad station in 1901 when the Chicago and North Western Railway was extended to that point.^[2] A large share of the early settlers being natives of Akron, Ohio, caused the name to be selected.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Akron, Illinois
↑ Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 35.

Municipalities and communities of Peoria County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Peoria
Cities	Chillicothe Elmwood Pekin‡ Peoria West Peoria
Villages	Bartonville Bellevue Brimfield Dunlap Glasford Hanna City Kingston Mines Mapleton Norwood Peoria Heights‡ Princeville
Townships	Akron Brimfield Chillicothe Elmwood Hallock Hollis Jubilee Kickapoo Limestone Logan Medina Millbrook Peoria City Twp. Princeville Radnor Richwoods Rosefield Timber Trivoli West Peoria
CDPs	Lake Camelot Rome
Other unincorporated communities	Akron Alta Cramers Edelstein Eden Edgewater Edwards El Vista Elmore Galena Knolls High Meadows Holmes Center Kickapoo Lake of the Woods Laura Lawn Ridge Mardell Manor Mossville North Hampton Oak Hill Orchard Mines Pottstown Renchville Rome Heights Smithville South Rome Southport Trivoli Tuscarora West Hallock
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°54′14″N 89°39′14″W / 40.90389°N 89.65389°W / 40.90389; -89.65389

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