Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Peru came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Peru in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Peru. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Peru data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Peru:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Peru was listed as Peru Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Peru was listed as Peru Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Peru was listed as Peru Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

Shell Oil Road Map for Indiana (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Peru is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Peru in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Peru for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Peru. See our Misc Page for Peru for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Peru:

Peru was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Peru: www.cityofperu.org/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov