Peru
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Outdoors in Peru
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About Peru
Town in Vermont, United StatesPeru is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 531 at the 2020 census. Originally known as Bromley, the town name was changed to "Peru" by the land grantees as a way of attracting land buyers to an area that had been described as 36 square miles (93 km2) of "trees, bears and mountain lions".
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Housing in Peru
The typical Peru home is worth about $503,000, down 1% in a year, 26% above the Vermont typical home.
Health in Peru
Compared with Vermont
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 19 are too close to call.
What stands out
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Natural hazards in Peru
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 19% of U.S. communities.
Where Peru is
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