Old_Peru,_Iowa

Old Peru, Iowa

Old Peru, Iowa

Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States

Old 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]

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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

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Peru, Iowa
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peru Post Office
  3. [3]
    Zip Code Lookup
  4. [4]
    Mueller, Herman A. (1915). History of Madison County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 309–310.
  5. [5]
    "Washington Apple Varieties".


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