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| Peru, the bridge across the Androscoggin from Mexico |
Peru, Maine was so named to honor the founding of the Country of the same name. That seems to have happened a lot in Maine. Peru, Maine was founded in 1821, and now has about 1500 residents.
The location is a bedroom community for mill workers in Rumford and Mexico, and some local work for teachers and town workers.
Peru has excellent soil for farming without many rock, a rare thing in Maine a town without many rocks. There are some parts of town with regular Maine soil and some sites where gemstones are found on great occasion, mostly Almadine Garnet. Other places in Maine have Amethyst.
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| Almadine Garnet found in Peru |
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| Worthly Pond |
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| Worthly Pond in winter. |
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