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Welcome to Peru, Oxford County, Maine |
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Peru lies on the south side of the Androscoggin River in the eastern section of Oxford County. On the north, separated by the river, are the towns of Dixfield and Mexico; on the east is Canton; on the south is Hartford and Sumner and on the west is Milton Plantation and Rumford.
In the southern part of town lies Worthley Pond, 3 miles in length by 1/2 mile in width. Just west of Worthley Pond there were 2 small ponds, which were the source of the East Branch of 20 Mile River which divided the towns of Hartford and Sumner. Today there is only one, and is called Mud Pond. It is said that the beavers damed up the river and made one pond out the two.
Peru has only one main highway, Rt. 108, which follows the river west from Rumford to Canton. Along this route we have 3 communities, West Peru Village, Peru Center and East Peru. South of East Peru, we have Worthley Pond; south of Peru Center, the Valley Area; and south of West Peru Village, we have Dickvale Village, the Ridge Road and the High Street area.
Part of Peru was set off to
Rumford on 2/8/1825
Part
of Canton annexed to Peru on 4/2/1859
Part
of Franklin Plantation annexed to Peru on 2/21/1888
Part
of Peru set off to Rumford on 2/21/1895
Part
of Canton annexed to Peru on 4/12/1895
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Merrill Knight is accorded the honor of being the first to make a permanent home within what is now known as Peru Center. He came from Falmouth (now Portland) in the fall of 1793, when the leaves were off the trees, so as to better view his newly acquired 4,880 acres, which he co-owned with a Mr. Daniel Lunt, also of Falmouth. He must have liked what he saw, for the following spring, he and two of his sons returned and proceeded to make a clearing in the wilderness for his new home. See Original Purchase Page. |
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30 of whom were either killed in action or died while in the service of their county. See Civil War Page. |
 
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Peru has a Elementary School at West Peru village, but doesn't have a High School, so most students go either to M.S.A.D. #43, Mt. Valley High School in Rumford, or to M.S.A.D. #21, Dixfield High School in Dixfield. See School Page. |
| Here's something to thinks about, if Peru hadn't sold the western section of the town, than known as Burgess Hill, to Rumford in 1895 for $2,000.00, the greater part of the Mead Paper Mill today, would be in Peru and not in Rumford. |  |
ADKINS, AUSTIN, BABB, BAILEY, BRADY, BRACKETT, BURGESS, CURTIS, DELANO, DeSHON, DORR, FOBES, FREEMAN, FERNALD, GROVER, GILCREASE, GAMMON, HOPKINS, HAMMON, HALL, HUTCHINS, HODSDEN, HOIT, JENNE, JOHNSON, KNIGHT, KYLE, KNOX, LUDDEN, LUNT, LUFKIN, POLAND, ROBERTS, SMITH, SWIFT, THURSTON, TURNER, THOMAS, WITHINGTON, WING, WORMELL, WAITE, and WALKER
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Peru
Queries
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P.O. Box 429, Peru, ME 04290
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Vera L. Parent 2009 (207)562-4627 |
Deborah L. Dolloff |
David E. Gammon 2008 |
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Dr. Tom Ward Peru School Principal: Brenda Gammon |
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