Peru, KS

united states

Peru is a tiny Kansas town of 139 people in Chautauqua County, reached via US-160 and local roads about 60 miles from Wichita. The community sits in rolling Flint Hills prairie country, making it a quiet stopover on routes between Kansas City and Colorado. Settlers named their prairie town after the South American country, drawn to the exotic sound of Peru for their own rural community.