Old Peru, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Old Peru is located in Iowa
Old Peru
Old Peru
Old Peru is located in the United States
Old Peru
Old Peru
Coordinates: 41°14′9″N 93°56′43″W / 41.23583°N 93.94528°W / 41.23583; -93.94528
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyMadison
Elevation
1,122 ft (342 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID459832

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]

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


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