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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Bureau , LaSalle
- Townships
- Peru , Dimmick , Hall
- Mayor
- Ken Kolowski
- Total
- 10.12 sq mi (26.21 km )
- Land
- 9.98 sq mi (25.86 km )
- Water
- 0.14 sq mi (0.35 km )
- Elevation
- 640 ft (200 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 9,793
- Density
- 977.9/sq mi (377.57/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-59234
- Website
- City of Peru official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Government Agenda, Minutes, Videos, News - City of Peru Illinois 61354
City of Peru, Illinois features city council meeting minutes, agendas, city council meeting videos, documents, forms, maps, resident news and transparency.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Peru
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- LaSalle County
- Population
- 9896
- Area
- 23.497308
- Elevation
- 597
- Body of water
- Illinois River
- Official website
- www.peru.il.us
- Image
- Peru from the Air (looking South over the city).jpg
- Households
- 4482
- Dialing code
- 815
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- Commons category
- Peru, Illinois
- postal code
- 61354
- topic's main category
- Category:Peru, Illinois
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Peru, Illinois
- inception
- 1838-01-01
- P8168
- caduceus
- water as percent of area
- 1.1872
- per capita income
- 34268
- different from
- Peru
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Peru is a city in LaSalle and Bureau counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,896 at the 2020 census, down from 10,295 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. Peru and its twin city, LaSalle, make up the core of Illinois Valley.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.