As a new resident of Peoria, we welcome you and hope you will utilize the Peoria Chamber as a valuable resource to connect you with what you need, To help you get acclimated to your new city, here is a bit about why we think
Peoria is a great place to live, work, and play!
Peoria, Arizona came to be when
William J. Murphy, a former Union
Army officer, was working as the
head of construction on the Arizona
Canal. Upon the canal’s completion in
1885, Murphy saw the potential for
agriculture in the area and returned
to Peoria, IL, where he recruited four
families to move out West in
November of 1886, The official plat
map was filed with the County
Recorder on March 27, 1897, naming
the settlement after their hometown.
Hence why we often get confused
with our sister city in Illinois!
