Shopiere, Wisconsin

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Shopiere, Wisconsin
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Shopiere, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 42°34′20″N88°56′24″W / 42.572219°N 88.939991°W / 42.572219; -88.939991
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Rock
Elevation
251 m (823 ft)
Population
 (2020) [1]
  Total154
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS 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]

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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

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 154
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

Notable people

Notes

  1. "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  2. 1 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. 1 2 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.


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