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Peru, Mass.

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The Berkshires town of Peru is a bedroom community for the mills in Dalton, Pittsfield of Berkshire county, and the Hampden county cities Springfield and West Springfield. With the highest town center in Massachusetts, more than half of Peru is woodlands, including the Dorothy Frances Rice Wildlife Sanctuary. The only lake in Peru is the privately-owned Garnet Lake. Garnet Mountain Monument commemorates 15 soldiers who were killed in a plane crash on Garnet Mountain during World War II.

Peru, MA facts:

  • Town Hall: 3 East Main Rd.
  • Phone: (413) 655-8312
  • Population: 821
  • Settled/Inc’d: 1767
  • Named for: Oliver Partridge (see note below)
  • Elevation: 2,295′

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  1. Sue Stowers says

    May 18, 2011 at 9:28 pm

    Where can I find information as to the exact address of Benjamin Ford’s farm in 1860 in Windsor, and also Andrew Brown Medbury in the same time period?

    • Dave Read says

      May 24, 2011 at 7:31 pm

      My guess would be the registry of deeds:
      http://masslandrecords.com/malr/index.htm

      Good luck!

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