Shopiere, Wisconsin

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

42°34′20″N 88°56′24″W / 42.572219°N 88.939991°W / 42.572219; -88.939991Country

United StatesState

WisconsinCountyRockElevation

251 m (823 ft)Population

(2020)^[1]

• Total154Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code608GNIS feature ID1574070^[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

^ "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.