Shoup was settled about 1884 as a station on the Pontiac, Oxford & Northern (later GTW) line from Pontiac to Caseville. It was located in Addison Township in northeast Oakland County. The Elwell Ivory company established a brick plant here. [MPN]
Shoup was on the PO&N line about three miles southeast of the Village of Leonard.
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