Dopp is an
unincorporated community
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in the town of
Belmont in
Portage County,
Wisconsin
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,
United States
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.
Geography
Dopp is located in central Wisconsin approximately nine miles east of
Almond, or four miles north of
Wild Rose. Dopp rests on the intersection of Portage County Road AA, and
Wisconsin State Highway 22. Wisconsin State Highway 22 in Portage County is a two mile stretch of road between
Waupaca County and
Waushara County. (Lat: 44° 15' 08.1", Lon: -89° 14' 40.9")
Local information
Dopp was named for the family which had settled in the region. At one time, Dopp featured two schools, a post office, church, and cemetery.
Currently, only the church and cemetery still stand - but without congregation. Today, Dopp has a large Dairy Farm (the Dopp Dairy Domain) and the Wisconsin Spray Millet Corporation for industry, still surrounded by rural housing. Many descendants of the Dopp family still reside in the area.
Some consider Dopp and
Heffron to be closely related, because of their proximity, both are linked by the local snowmobile trail, and association with nearb
Emmons Creek Fishery Area Dopp can be distinguished by its association t
Pearl Creek
Notable people
Dopp was the childhood home of
Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
Katharine Elizabeth Dopp (''first name sometimes misspelt as'' "Katherine", ''and signed her books of fiction as'' "Katharine E. Dopp") (b. March 1, 1863 in Portage County, Wisconsin – d. March 14, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) was one of the ...
, former Dean of the Chicago Normal School (which later became part of the
University of Illinois at Chicago
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).
Notes
External links
Community profile from the Portage County Historical SocietyUniversity of Wisconsin - Stevens Point's Archives of Belmont Township, Wisconsin
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Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Portage County, Wisconsin