Shopiere is an

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

in the Town of

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, in Rock County,

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. It was first named a CDP at the 2020 census, which showed a population of 154.

History

The community was originally named Waterloo. The first settlement was made in the 1830s by a colony from Connecticut. The present name is derived from ''chaux pierre,'' French for

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, which is abundant in the area.

Demographics

Notable people

* The community was the last home of

Louis P. Harvey Louis Powell Harvey (July 22, 1820 – April 19, 1862) was an American politician and the seventh Governor of Wisconsin. He was the first Wisconsin Governor to die in office. Early life Harvey was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, and moved w ...

, the short-lived

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, who drowned bringing medical supplies to wounded troops near the

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in 1862. * Loretta C. Van Hook (1852-1935), missionary and educator

Notes

Unincorporated communities in Rock County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin 1830s establishments in Wisconsin Territory Census-designated places in Rock County, Wisconsin Census-designated places in Wisconsin {{RockCountyWI-geo-stub