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Shopiere, Wisconsin
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Shopiere is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the Town of Turtle, in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.[2][3] It was first named a CDP at the 2020 census, which showed a population of 154.[4]
Key Information
History
[edit]The community was originally named Waterloo.[5] The first settlement was made in the 1830s by a colony from Connecticut.[5] The present name is derived from chaux pierre, French for limestone, which is abundant in the area.[6]
Demographics
[edit]![[icon]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding missing information. (January 2023) |
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 154 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7] | |||
Notable people
[edit]- The community was the last home of Louis P. Harvey, the short-lived governor of Wisconsin, who drowned bringing medical supplies to wounded troops near the Civil War Battle of Shiloh in 1862.[8]
- Loretta C. Van Hook (1852-1935), missionary and educator
Notes
[edit]- ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- ^ a b "Shopiere, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Wisconsin Hometown Locator
- ^ "Shopiere CDP, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- ^ a b Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 124.
- ^ "Term: Shopiere [origin of place name]". Dictionary of Wisconsin History. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
- ^ Bauchle, May L. (1926–1927). "The Shopiere Shrine". Wisconsin Magazine of History. 10 (1): 29–34.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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