Peru Township, LaSalle County, Illinois
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Peru Township is located in LaSalle County, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. The population was 10,272 at the 2000 census. Peru Township was originally named Salisbury Township, but was changed on September 27, 1856.