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Peru

Peru is a town in , , 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".
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  • Type: Village with 531 residents
  • Description: town in Vermont, United States
  • Also known as: “Bromley”, “Brumley”, “Peru Center”, “Peru, Vermont”, and “Peru, VT”
  • Postal code: 05152

Places of Interest

Highlights include Congregational Church of Peru and Peru Village Cemetery.

Church
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cemetery
Photo: Uschoen, CC BY 4.0.

Protected area
covers 118 acres in Peru, Vermont in . The forest is managed by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation and surrounds the summit of 3,260-foot . is situated 2 miles west of Peru.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Londonderry and South Londonderry Village Historic District.

Village
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in , , United States. It is bounded on the north by Landgrove and Weston, on the east by Windham, on the south by Jamaica and on the west by Winhall and Landgrove. is situated 4½ miles east of Peru.

Hamlet
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The encompasses a significant portion of the historic developed area of the village of . is situated 5 miles southeast of Peru.

Hamlet
is a town in , , United States. The population was 2,133 at the 2020 census. is famous for being the location of Cephas Kent's Inn, where four meetings of the Convention that signed the Accords led to the independent Vermont Republic and future statehood. is situated 6 miles west of Peru.

Peru

Latitude
43.22989° or 43° 13′ 48″ north
Longitude
-72.89921° or 72° 53′ 57″ west
Population
531
Elevation
1,686 feet (514 metres)
Open location code
87M964H2+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158866094
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5239736
Wiki­data ID
Q1939667
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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”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Peru Post Office and Peru Town Center.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Peru”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.