Peruque is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in St. Charles County, in the U.S. state of

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. The community is adjacent to the

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, approximately five miles north of St. Peters on

Missouri Route C A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in additio ...

. McCann Landing is just to the southeast along the river.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 40,

History

A post office was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1979. The community takes its name from Peruque Creek. It was also known as Peruque Station as it was on the St. Louis, Keokuk and North Western Railway.''OFallon, Mo.-Ill.'' 1:125,000 Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1903

Notable person

Ken Heintzelman Kenneth Alphonse Heintzelman (October 14, 1915 – August 14, 2000) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played all or part of 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1937–42 and 1946–47) and Philad ...

(1915–2000),

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pitcher who played for both Pennsylvania MLB teams was born here.

References

Unincorporated communities in St. Charles County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{StCharlesCountyMO-geo-stub