Welcome to Peru ...

Peru is located in Portage County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Peru, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Peru is 1,110 feet [338 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Peru: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Peru ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Peru - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York (2), North Carolina (2), Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Peru ...

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

• Stevens Point
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Stevens Point is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
• Plover
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Plover is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
• Waupaca
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
• Whiting
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Whiting is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
• Manawa
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
• Iola
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Iola is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
• Marion
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Marion is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
• Amherst
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Amherst is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
• Wittenberg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
• Tigerton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Tigerton is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people

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 Peru. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Peru.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of 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 Peru.

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

Adding Peru to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of 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 Peru was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Peru post office opened in 1882. The Peru post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Peru.