Nearest Communities to Peru,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Peru, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Peru:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Peru.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Peru is located in La Salle County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of La Salle County: Bureau, DeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, Lee, Livingston, Marshall, Putnam & Woodford.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 188 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Peru. Of these communities, 116 are located in counties other than La Salle County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Peru (which is La Salle County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Peru
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- La Salle County (where Peru resides)
- County Website: https://lasallecountyil.gov/
- County Seat for La Salle: Ottawa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Peru ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Peru.
- La Salle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tomahawk Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tomahawk Bluff is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk Bluff
- Jonesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesville is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Little Rock ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Rock is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Oglesby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Utica
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Utica is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,333 people
- Utica
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bailey Falls ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Falls is located in La Salle County
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- Deer Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Park is located in La Salle County
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- Dimmick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dimmick is located in La Salle County
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- Fitchmoor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fitchmoor is located in La Salle County
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- Waltham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tonica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in La Salle County
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- Ticona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ticona is located in La Salle County
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- Vermilionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Troy Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Culton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Culton is located in La Salle County
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- Peterstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Peterstown is located in La Salle County
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- Naplate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Naplate is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naplate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
- Triumph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leonore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hitt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Prairie Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lostant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Priscilla ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Farm Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Farm Ridge is located in La Salle County
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- Ottawa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Ottawa ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stoneyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stoneyville is located in La Salle County
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- Mendota
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Reed Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Reed Crossing is located in La Salle County
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- Woodland Addition
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Woodland Addition is located in La Salle County
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- Freedom Centre ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom Centre is located in La Salle County
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- Milla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milla is located in La Salle County
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- Sandy Ford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ford is located in La Salle County
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- Wilsman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsman is located in La Salle County
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- Meriden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Meriden is located in La Salle County
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- Grand Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Altmar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Altmar is located in La Salle County
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- Sulphur Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs is located in La Salle County
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- Harding
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Harding is located in La Salle County
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- Munson ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Munson is located in La Salle County
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- Kangley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Richards
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Richards is located in La Salle County
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- Wedron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Delbert Egan Housing Project
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield is located in La Salle County
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- Welland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Welland is located in La Salle County
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- Blakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Earlville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Otter ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Otter is located in La Salle County
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- Baker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Heights Housing Project
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Streator
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Serena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leeds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Danway
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Danway is located in La Salle County
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- Marseilles
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kernan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Catharine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Catharine is located in La Salle County
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- Rutland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Norway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Norway is located in La Salle County
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- Leland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Seneca is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
- Seneca has also been known as:
- Crotty
- Seneca village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <3>
- Stavanger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Northville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Northville is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- Sheridan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ransom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bureau County
- County Website: https://bureaucounty-il.gov/
- County Seat for Bureau: Princeton
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- Nearest Communities to Peru ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Peru.
- Hegeler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hegeler is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegeler
- Dalzell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Webster Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Webster Park is located in Bureau County
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- Churchill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Churchill is located in Bureau County
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- Ladd
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hicks Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hicks Corners is located in Bureau County
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- Cherry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marquette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marquette is located in Bureau County
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- Ottville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Seatonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- De Pue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- De Pue is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,665 people
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- Hollowayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hollowayville is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollowayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clarion is located in Bureau County
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- Zearing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hollow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coal Hollow is located in Bureau County
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- Bureau Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wendel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wendel is located in Bureau County
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- Malden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- La Moille
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenoak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Van Orin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Limerick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tiskilwa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kasbeer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Tree Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Tree Corners is located in Bureau County
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- Ohio
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Whitefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Whitefield is located in Bureau County
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- Providence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Bureau County
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- Wyanet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Milo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bourbonais ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bourbonais is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbonais
- Walnut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burnett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burnett is located in Bureau County
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- Langley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Langley is located in Bureau County
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- Manlius
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County
- County Website: https://dekalbcounty.org/
- County Seat for DeKalb: Sycamore
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Peru ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Peru.
- Rollo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rollo is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollo
- Shabbona Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Somonauk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grundy County
- County Website: https://www.grundycountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Grundy: Morris
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Peru ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Peru.
- Nettle Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kinsman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Langham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Langham is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langham
- Lee County
- County Website: https://www.leecountyil.com/
- County Seat for Lee: Dixon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Peru ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Peru.
- Henkel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Henkel is located in Lee County
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- Sublette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Radley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Maytown is located in Lee County
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- Compton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Paw Paw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Paw Paw is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Paw Paw
- West Brooklyn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- The Burg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Paw Paw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Paw Paw is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Paw Paw
- Melugin Grove ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Melugin Grove is located in Lee County
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- Paw Paw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roxbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roxbury is located in Lee County
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- Shaws
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shaws is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaws
- Binghampton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Binghampton is located in Lee County
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- Shelburn ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shelburn is located in Lee County
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- Inlet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lee Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Twelvemile Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Twelvemile Corner is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelvemile Corner
- Amboy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scarboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Scarboro is located in Lee County
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- Walton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Walton is located in Lee County
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- Livingston County
- County Website: https://www.livingstoncountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Livingston: Pontiac
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Peru ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Peru.
- Munster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Streator
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Streator is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Streator
- Carriage Lane Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carriage Lane Estates is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Lane Estates
- Coalville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vermilion City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vermilion City is located in Livingston County
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- Reading
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Livingston County
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- Ancona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Long Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Missal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
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- Smithdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smithdale is located in Livingston County
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- Manville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manville is located in Livingston County
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- New Michigan ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Michigan is located in Livingston County
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- Blackstone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Budd
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Katy Did
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Katy Did is located in Livingston County
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- Marshall County
- County Website: https://marshallcountyillinois.gov/
- County Seat for Marshall: Lacon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Peru ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Peru.
- Porterfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Porterfield is located in Marshall County
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- Henry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Custer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Custer is located in Marshall County
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- Evans ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wenona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Varna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Toluca
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- La Rose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lacon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
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- Pattonsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pattonsburg is located in Marshall County
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- Sparland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilbern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wilbern is located in Marshall County
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- Broadmoor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Broadmoor is located in Marshall County
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- Saratoga Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga Center is located in Marshall County
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- Hopewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Putnam County
- County Website: https://putnamil.gov/
- County Seat for Putnam: Hennepin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Peru ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Peru.
- Standard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moronts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Moronts is located in Putnam County
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- Mount Palatine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Palatine is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Palatine
- Florid
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Florid is located in Putnam County
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- Hennepin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- McNabb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Magnolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Caledonia ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia is located in Putnam County
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- Indian Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Spring is located in Putnam County
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- Undercliff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Undercliff is located in Putnam County
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- Walnut Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Putnam County
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- Putnam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stark County
- County Website: https://www.starkco.illinois.gov/
- County Seat for Stark: Toulon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Peru ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Peru.
- Morse ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Morse is located in Stark County
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- Lombardville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lombardville is located in Stark County
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- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Woodford County
- County Website: https://www.woodford-county.org/
- County Seat for Woodford: Eureka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Peru ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Peru.
- Minonk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Washburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Peru) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |