 peru is a hamlet and census-designated place (cdp) within the town of peru in clinton county in the u.s. state of new york. the population of the cdp was 1,591 at the 2010 census, out of a population of 6,998 in the town as a whole. ==geography== the hamlet of peru is located east of the geographic center of the town of peru, at  (44.579556, -73.530539). it is situated on the little ausable river, which flows east  
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