Old Peru, Iowa
Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States
41°14′9″N 93°56′43″W / 41.23583°N 93.94528°W / 41.23583; -93.94528Old Peru (also Peru, pronounced PEE-roo) is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Iowa, United States. Its elevation is 1,122 feet (342 m).[1] Although Old Peru is unincorporated, it once had a post office under the name of Peru; the office was established on 18 April 1853 and closed on 14 September 1903.[2] Even though the community's post office has been closed for over a century, ZIP Code 50222 is still reserved for Peru.[3]
Old Peru was laid out as a town in 1855, but it declined when the railroad missed it by a mile, and in 1887 the town of East Peru was founded on that line.[4]
The original (seedling) delicious apple tree grew in Peru.[5]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Peru, Iowa
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peru Post Office
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ Mueller, Herman A. (1915). History of Madison County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 309–310.
- ^ "Washington Apple Varieties".
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Municipalities and communities of Madison County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Winterset
- Bevington‡
- Earlham
- East Peru
- Macksburg
- Patterson
- St. Charles
- Truro
- West Des Moines‡
- Winterset
communities
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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