shepetovka was a town with extensive settlement by jews, similar to the surrounding region. there were 20,000 jews counted in a census in the late 1670s, and 52,000 in the 1760s. several important rabbis were active in the region in the 1700s, including rabbi pinchas shapira, who is buried in shepetovka. significant emigration from shepetovka occurred between 1880 and 1925.