Edwards, Illinois

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
Unincorporated community
Taylor Road at IL 8, 2007
Edwards
Coordinates: 40°44′45″N 89°44′39″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Peoria
Civil township	Kickapoo
Elevation	525 ft (160 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	61528
Area code	309
GNIS feature ID	407800[1]

History

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]