Peru Kansas Map

About Peru, Kansas

Peru is a locality in Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 139. The population density is 81.7 people per km². Peru is located at 37.0887°N, 96.0947°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67360.

Peru, Kansas, unfolds across a landscape of broad, sweeping horizons, where the Kansas sky stretches in an endless blue dome, often painted with streaks of sunset that bleed into the deepening twilight. It lies 24.4 miles north-north-west of Bartlesville, OK (from Bartlesville, OK: bearing 345°T), and is situated 5.7 miles east-south-east of Sedan. The terrain here is a gentle, rolling prairie, softened by a century of cultivation, where fields of wheat and corn ripple in the breeze like a golden and green sea. Ancient Osage orange hedgerows, thick and gnarled, delineate property lines, their tangled branches offering a sanctuary for unseen birds and the occasional flash of a rabbit’s white tail. The air, especially in the quiet hours of dawn, carries the clean scent of turned earth and wild grasses, a fragrance that speaks of sustenance and the patient work of generations. The history of Peru is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet hum of its agricultural roots. Established by settlers drawn to the fertile soil, Peru became a small but vital hub, its economy long tied to the bounty of the land. The grain elevator, a stoic sentinel against the vast prairie sky, still stands as a testament to this enduring connection, its silos a silent promise of harvest. Though the railroad that once brought vital commerce has long since faded, the character of Peru remains, a place where neighbourly bonds are as strong as the wind that sweeps across the plains, and where the rhythm of life is dictated by the turning of the seasons.

About This Peru Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Peru, Kansas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.088671, -96.09471. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Peru and Chautauqua County.

Detailed location data for Peru includes the ZIP code (67360), telephone area code (785), county seat of Chautauqua County (Sedan), and school district assignment (Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Peru is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.