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Welcome to East Peru ...

The city of East Peru is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Peru, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

A typical abbreviation for East Peru: E. Peru

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, East Peru has a population of 131 people<2> (see below for details).

East Peru is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: East Peru lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, East Peru had an population of 131 people. This is an increase of 4.8% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 14.38% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, East Peru had a population of 125 people. This makes East Peru the county's 6th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 125 people, the population of East Peru decreased 18.3% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 153 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for East Peru.

Communities Also Named East Peru ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Peru - it's located in Maine.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Peru.

Communities near East Peru ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Peru.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around East Peru. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Peru.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East Peru. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Peru.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Peru. See our Newspapers Page for East Peru.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Peru ...

Looking for more information about East Peru? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to East Peru, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Peru.

Adding East Peru to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Peru in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for East Peru was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the East Peru post office opened in 1888. The East Peru post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Peru.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for East Peru.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Peru - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/