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Trivoli, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Trivoli Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61569. The Survey maps it on the Farmington East quadrangle. 385 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 751 feet above sea level.

Trivoli within Peoria County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

576 words on this township

The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a History of the Northwest--history of Illinois--history of the County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Etc. .., published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Trivoli Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Brunnwiuk Presbyterian Church, of Trivoli Toiniship. - About the year 1833, there came from Virginia a few families of Presbyterian parentage and training by the name of Ramsay, and located in the southwest part of Trivoli township, in the timber skirting the beautiful luit then neglected and despised prairie lanti. These were after a short time followed by other friends from tlieir native .State.

Passage source: The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a History of the Northwest--history of Illinois--history of the County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Etc. .., published 1880.

is situated in the township of Trivoli, eighteen miles due west of the city of Peoria, and hius about two hundred inhabitants. The town was laid out about 1840 or '41. The business men at tiie present writing are as follows: Blacksmiths, J. K. Bourne, John Fletcher and John Grecnhalgh ; boot and shoemaker, Sharron Schilling; carpenter, James Callahan ; harness and collars, Jacob Linck ; justices of the peace, James Johnson and James Tyler; grist mill, Geo. Briber; physicians, A.J. Graham and W. C. Bonvard ; one newspaper, Trivoli S., James Johnson, editor; two general stores, one M. E. church and one school building. It does a considerable local trade, and to make it a place of prominence it only needs raihoad facilities, which are now contemplated and undoubtedly a year or two will bring.

Passage source: The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a History of the Northwest--history of Illinois--history of the County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Etc. .., published 1880.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Trivoli Township.

Fires near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Trivoli in 2010, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources71065

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Peoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Trivoli: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Money Creek Township PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Springfield Clay Prod.Co.Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Peoria County

Storms near this place

20 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trivoli in 20 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2016Tornado (EF2)Trivoli$1,000,000A tornado touched down 2 miles northwest of Trivoli just west of Quarry Road at 7:42 PM CDT. A garage and house roofs were damaged, a car was picked up and thrown 50 yards into a field, a pickup truck was damaged, and several trees were snapped. As the tornado approached Trivoli Road, it developed multiple vorticies and widened to about one quarter of a mile across. Several outbuildings and grain bins were destroyed, house roofs were damaged, and numerous trees were uprooted. Near Texas Road and Cottonwood Road, a church roof was severely damaged and several trees were snapped. As the tornado continued tracking to the northeast, more outbuildings and trees were damaged. The worst damage occurred at a residence on Southport Road between Cutoff Road and Kramm Road, where the roof was completely torn off a house, outbuildings were damaged, and a tree was ripped out of the ground and thrown. The tornado then dissipated 2.7 miles southwest of Kickapoo near Kickapoo Creek at 7:57 PM CDT.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindTrivoli$30,000A metal shed was destroyed.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindTrivoli$15,000Numerous tree limbs were blown down between Trivoli and Peoria.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindTrivoli$15,000Multiple power poles were blown down near the intersection of Downs School Road and Wasson Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTrivoli-A large tree branch was blown down northeast of Trivoli.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTrivoli-Several large tree limbs were blown down and a fence was knocked over south of Trivoli.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindTrivoli-A barn and large kennel were destroyed at a local farmstead. Also, at the same farm, a horse trailer was blown into silo and dented it. Numerous trees, power poles and power lines were blown down in the area.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindTrivoli-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindTrivoli-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines over the southern half of Peoria county. Several unoccupied cars were destroyed in Peoria due to fallen trees. No injuries were reported.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindTrivoli-no account filed
March 2022HailTrivoli-no account filed
September 2022HailTrivoli-no account filed
July 2020HailTrivoli-no account filed
May 2011HailTrivoli-no account filed
May 2006HailTrivoli-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindTrivoli-no account filed
August 2004HailTrivoli-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindTrivoli-no account filed
May 2003HailTrivoli-no account filed
April 2002HailTrivoli-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Peoria County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cramer2.9 miles14
Eden3.1 miles16
Hanna City5.1 miles16
Smithville5.3 miles16
Oak Hill6.8 miles16
Southport7.0 miles15
Elmwood7.2 miles15
Olin7.8 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on TrivoliAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7844693The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 419885. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.