Shopiere, Wisconsin

Shopiere, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community and census-designated place
Shopiere Congregational Church
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Coordinates: 42°34′20″N 88°56′24″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Rock
Area
• Total	0.56 km^2 (0.22 sq mi)
Elevation	251 m (823 ft)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	154
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	608
GNIS feature ID	1574070[2]

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]

History

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

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	154		—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Notable people

• 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

1. "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
2. "Shopiere, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. Wisconsin Hometown Locator
4. "Shopiere CDP, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
5. 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.
6. "Term: Shopiere [origin of place name]". Dictionary of Wisconsin History. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
8. Bauchle, May L. (1926–1927). "The Shopiere Shrine". Wisconsin Magazine of History. 10 (1): 29–34.