Peru
Peru is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 531 at the 2020 census. Originally known as Bromley, the town name was changed to "Peru" by the land grantees as a way of attracting land buyers to an area that had been described as 36 square miles of "trees, bears and mountain lions".- Village with about 530 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,690 feet (510 metres)
- Description: town in Vermont, United States
- Postal code: 05152
- Also known as“Bromley”“Brumley”“Peru Center”“Peru, Vermont”“Peru, VT”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Congregational Church of Peru and Peru Village Cemetery.
Hapgood State Forest
Protected area
Hapgood State Forest covers 118 acres in Peru, Vermont in Bennington County. Hapgood State Forest is situated 2 miles west of Peru.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Londonderry and South Londonderry Village Historic District.
Londonderry
Londonderry is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. Londonderry is situated 4½ miles east of Peru.
South Londonderry Village Historic District
The South Londonderry Village Historic District… South Londonderry Village Historic District is situated 5 miles southeast of Peru.
Dorset
Dorset is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. Dorset is situated 6 miles west of Peru.
Peru
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Latitude
43.22989° or 43° 13′ 48″ north
Longitude
-72.89921° or 72° 53′ 57″ west
Open location code
87M964H2+X8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Peru” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيرو”
- Basque: “Peru”
- Catalan: “Peru”
- Chechen: “Перу”
- Danish: “Peru”
- Dutch: “Peru”
- French: “Peru”
- German: “Peru”
- Haitian: “Peru, Vermont”
- Haitian: “Peru”
- Irish: “Peru”
- Italian: “Peru”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Peru”
- Norwegian: “Peru”
- Polish: “Peru”
- Russian: “Перу”
- Spanish: “Peru”
- Tatar: “Перу”
- Turkish: “Peru”
- Ukrainian: “Перу”
- Urdu: “پیرو، ورمونٹ”
- Urdu: “پیرو”
- Uzbek: “Peru”
- Volapük: “Peru”
- Welsh: “Peru, Vermont”
- Welsh: “Peru”
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bromley Village and Sherwood Forest.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Peru Post Office and Peru Town Center.
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