Shopiere, Wisconsin

Shopiere is an unincorporated community in the Town of Turtle, in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2]

History

The community was originally named Waterloo.[3] The first settlement was made in the 1830s by a colony from Connecticut.[3] The present name is derived from chaux pierre, French for limestone, which is abundant in the area.[4]

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.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Shopiere, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Wisconsin Hometown Locator
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ "Term: Shopiere [origin of place name]". Dictionary of Wisconsin History. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
  5. ↑ Bauchle, May L. (1926–1927). "The Shopiere Shrine". Wisconsin Magazine of History. 10 (1): 29–34.

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


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