Peru, Illinois Peru Townships Peru, Dimmick Location of Peru inside Illinois Location of Peru inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Peru, Illinois Website: City of Peru official website Peru is a town/city in La - Salle County, Illinois, United States.
It is part of the Ottawa Peru, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Peru and its twin city, La - Salle, make up the core of Illinois Valley.
Peru is positioned at 41 20 4 N 89 7 39 W (41.334458, -89.127385). According to the 2010 census, Peru has a total region of 9.068 square miles (23.49 km2), of which 8.96 square miles (23.21 km2) (or 98.81%) is territory and 0.108 square miles (0.28 km2) (or 1.19%) is water. Located on the Illinois River, Peru lies 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the intersection of two primary interstate highways: Interstate 39 and Interstate 80.
The town/city is also the end of the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal.
Before the Illinois Waterway was constructed, the Illinois River was navigable only up to Peru.
Peru has a twin town/city on its easterly edge, La - Salle.
Aerial view of Peru, Illinois In the town/city the populace was spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Maud Powell monument that stands on 4th Street in Peru Since the first steamboat, "Traveler" reached Peru in 1831, Peru had high hopes of being the end for the Illinois & Michigan Canal.
That designation went to La - Salle, but Peru became a busy steamboat port at the head of navigation on the Illinois River.
Prominent companies from that time encompassed Maze Lumber, Maze Nails, Peru Plow and Wheel Works, Huse and Loomis Ice Co, Brunner Foundry, Star Union Brewery, Hebel Brewery, Illinois Zinc (Peru and La - Salle were sometimes referred to as "Zinc City") and many others.
Peru's people were bent on grade their town, so far as constructing a plank road, northwest of town, a toll road meant to reach Dixon, Illinois.
Peru's story became a story of two levels.
Peru tried difficult to link the two.
For example, the Peru Horse and Dummy Railroad was driven to dissolution by the city's impossible mandate that it problematic a loop from Water Street to the upper bluff.
In 1884, Stahlberg started the United Clock Company in Peru.
It closed the Peru factory in 1980, causing a rapid diminish in populace in La - Salle and Peru.
Schools of Peru, Illinois Northview Elementary School is the undertaking school that serves Peru.
Parkside Middle School is the middle school that serves Peru.
Both Peru and neighboring La - Salle share a High School, La - Salle-Peru Township High School, affectionately called L-P.
The Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru, Illinois There are a number of company districts in Peru.
Then there are three lesser districts along the US-6 Corridor, including Peru's downtown.
The biggest employers in Peru are the Peru Mall, the Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Walmart, James Hardie, Officemax, the American Nickeloid, Liberty Village, Double D Express, Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Eakas, Target, and Horizon Industries. Peru is the home of at least three very old companies.
Peru is home to the offices of Carus Chemical Company, started in 1915, today the biggest manufacturer of potassium permanganate in the world. Wilhelmina Kott, earliest person ever from Illinois; born in Peru Employers: Peru, IL, ivaced.org; accessed October 31, 2015.
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Municipalities and communities of La - Salle County, Illinois, United States Earlville La - Salle Marseilles Mendota Oglesby Ottawa Peru Sandwich Streator Wenona Adams Allen Brookfield Bruce Dayton Deer Park Dimmick Eagle Earl Eden Fall River Farm Ridge Freedom Grand Rapids Groveland Hope La - Salle Manlius Mendota Meriden Miller Mission Northville Ophir Osage Ottawa Otter Creek Peru Richland Rutland Serena South Ottawa Troy Grove Utica Vermillion Wallace Waltham
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Cities in La - Salle County, Illinois - Populated places established in 1838 - 1838 establishments in Illinois
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