Peru, New York

About Peru

Peru is a small unincorporated community in northeastern New York.

Peru holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.92 square miles.

📰 Peru News Today

• Opinion | Growing Up in Peru, She Thought She Knew Poverty. America Surprised Her. The New York Times · Aug 8
• Drone video: Garage destroyed by car fire in Clinton County WPTZ · Jul 8
• Car fire spreads to garage in Peru, NY WCAX · Jul 8
• Peru Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
• Mark Frazier Obituary | Hamilton Funeral Home | Peru, NY Tribute Archive · Aug 13

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Peru Unique

• One of 6 places in the US named Peru — but the New York one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern New York, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Peru

• Pasquale's Restaurant and Bar
• Rulfs Orchard — breakfast

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Peru

• Macomb Reservation State Park reviews ★
• Terry Mountain State Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hayworth-Mason Park reviews ★
• Jefferson Dukette Memorial Field reviews ★
• Lapham Mills Park reviews ★
• Little Ausable Park reviews ★
• M. J. Sullivan Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Peru

• PERU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• PERU HIGH SCHOOL
• PERU MIDDLE SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Peru

🏘️ Nearby Communities