Shopiere,_Wisconsin

Shopiere, Wisconsin

Shopiere, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wisconsin, United States

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]

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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

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Notable people

Notes

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


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