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Peru (Ill.)

LC control no.n 82043376
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Geographic headingPeru (Ill.)
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Geographic subdivision usageIllinois--Peru
Variant(s)Peru, Ill.
Ninawah (Ill.)
Ninewa (Ill.)
Ninewah (Ill.)
Ninawa (Ill.)
Found inGeoNames, Mar. 18, 2015 (ppl; N 41° 19' 39'' W 89° 7' 44''; also civil township named Peru in La Salle County, IL; variant names: Ninawah; Ninewa; Ninewah; Ninawa)
Wikipedia, Mar. 18, 2015 (Peru is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States)
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Adams, James N. and Lowell M. Volkel. Illinois place names, c1989: p. 454 (NINAWAH [La Salle]. Now part of Peru. Also Ninewa, Ninewah)
Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Vo. 99, c1882: p. 374 (This is an action of ejectment, brought by Edmund S. Holbrook against Jacob Debo, in the LaSalle circuit court, for lots 3, 4 and 5, of block 65, of that part of the city of Peru known as "the town of Ninawa," or "the Ninawa addition to Peru")
Geographic area coden-us-il