[3] Peperga is located on the A32 between Wolvega and Steenwijk, with public transportation offering a service to the nearby villages of Steggerda and De Blesse.

[5] Peperga and nearby Blesdijke were burned by troops of Frederick of Blankenheim[6] during war in 1413 at the time of the short-lived independence of the Stellingwerf area (comprising Weststellingwerf and Ooststellingwerf).

A provincial road in 1828 between Leeuwarden and Zwolle was the impetus for the formation of a new village west of Peperga, De Blesse.

[9] In 1865, the construction of a railway between Zwolle and Leeuwarden split the town in two: it separated Peperga from its west side, an area subsequently added to De Blesse.

Peperga had its own railway station which opened in 1870 (with an adjoining cafe)[8] as an expansion of an earlier home for railroad watchmen[10] and closed on January 5, 1941.

[citation needed] The nearby bridge over the river Linde is on the list of national state monuments as a Rijksmonument.