Maine / Oxford / Peru

Peru

Town in Oxford County.

People

1,501Census · July 1, 2025

Hunt district

WMD 12Map · Boundary

Deer 2025

7344 in 2024

Income

$66,827This town

Land

47 sq miThis town

Density

32 per sq miThis town

Federal money

$492.4 millionOxford County, FY2025

Weather alerts

0Oxford County

Climate reporters

0 placesThis town

Chemical reporters

0 placesThis town

Town office

For shoreland zoning, building permits, docks, and other waterfront questions. Contact the town office.

26 Main St Peru, ME 04290
Google Maps

Phone: (207) 562-4627

Clerk: Debra M. Coudrain

Lakes

Town that contains the DEP lake point. A pond on the town line can be listed in the other town.

LakeAcresMax depth

Worthley Pond 375 acres —

Mountains

Summit point inside this town polygon. A peak on the line can land in the next town.

SummitElevation

Mount Zircon 2,238 ft

Speckled Mountain 2,175 ft

Black Mountain 2,126 ft

Trask Mountain 1,739 ft

The Pinnacle 1,722 ft

The Saddleback 1,640 ft

Allen Mountain 1,614 ft

Tumbledown Dick Mountain 1,535 ft

Thompson Mountain 1,453 ft

Burgess Hill 1,388 ft

Browns Mountain 1,358 ft

Allen Hill 1,302 ft

Deer by season

2025 73

2024 44

2023 52

2022 56

2021 44

2020 48

2019 42

2018 52

2017 46

2016 39

Registered deer, Maine IFW. Zero can mean a closed town, not an empty woods. District is the town center. A town on the line may include a second district.