Peru
The Town of Peru is a Town located in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 233 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Meridean and Red Cedar and the ghost towns of Old Tyrone and Old Meridean are located in the town.- Type: Hamlet with 245 residents
- Description: town in Wisconsin, United States
- Also known as: “Peru, WI”, “Peru, Wisconsin”, and “Town of Peru”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Budsberg Pond and Skunk Lake.
Budsberg Pond
Lake
Budsberg Pond is a lake in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Variant names are "Budsberg Lake" and "Horton Lake". The lake was named after Peter Budsberg, an original owner of the site.
Skunk Lake
Lake
Skunk Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. An early variant name was "Valders Lake".
Sunset Lake
Lake
Sunset Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Sunset Lake was named in the 1920s. Sunset Lake is situated 2½ miles southwest of Peru.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garfield.
Garfield
Hamlet
Garfield is an unincorporated community in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. Garfield is situated 2½ miles west of Peru.
Peru
- Categories: civil town of Wisconsin and locality
- Location: Dunn, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.57° or 44° 34′ 12″ north
Longitude
-89.2434° or 89° 14′ 36″ west
Population
245
Elevation
843 feet (257 metres)
Open location code
86PGHQ94+XJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Peru from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Peru” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيرو”
- Basque: “Peru”
- Chechen: “Перу”
- Dutch: “Peru”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيرو، ويسكونسين”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيرو”
- French: “Peru”
- Haitian: “Peru, Wisconsin”
- Haitian: “Peru”
- Hungarian: “Peru”
- Polish: “Peru”
- Spanish: “Peru”
- Tatar: “Перу”
- Ukrainian: “Перу”
- Urdu: “پیرو، وسکونسن”
- Urdu: “پیرو”
- Vietnamese: “Peru, Wisconsin”
- Vietnamese: “Peru”
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