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. 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