Official Name: | Edwards |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Image Alt: | 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. |
Pushpin Map: | USA Illinois Peoria County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Peoria |
Subdivision Type3: | Civil township |
Subdivision Name3: | Kickapoo |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 525 |
Coordinates: | 40.7458°N -89.7442°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 61528 |
Area Code: | 309 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 407800[1] |
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;[2] the Post Office is now located on Dubois Road[3] just south of Interstate 74 exit 82, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) north of the original Edwards.
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,[4] originally the Peoria, Oquawka and Burlington Railroad in 1857 when the railroad was completed and the station opened.[5] The first settler, Isaac Jones, died in 1840.[4]