Peoria, OK

Peoria is a town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 126 residents. The long decline of mining meant that jobs moved elsewhere. The area of northeastern Oklahoma around Peoria has long been associated with mineral extraction. Peoria is a part of Quapaw Public Schools. Peoria's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Oklahoma setting. The local scoop is how Peoria's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The Native Americans had operated a chert quarry here well before the area was visited by Europeans.