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The WikiXM 'Surprise' platform is your gateway to becoming an active part of our vibrant community, regardless of your age or how long you've called 'Surprise' home. It's more than just a news platform; it's a thriving hub where the collective wisdom of every 'Surprise' resident converges to ignite discussions, foster learning, and empower one another with knowledge about our beloved town.
Here in 'Surprise', we have a diverse tapestry of residents. Some have roots that run deep, their knowledge steeped in the rich history of our town. Others are students, dedicated to keeping us updated on school activities, while many are committed to sharing the ebb and flow of daily life.
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Surprise, AZ - History
We would like to provide the residents of Surprise a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Surprise Home page. The Surprise Home page provides as much information as possible on Surprise. Knowing Surprise’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Surprise’s Home page, you will also find Surprise’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Surprise has a population of 139007. 47.4% of Surprise’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.6 are female. 58.7% of Surprise is married and 75.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $257,309, and the average rent is $1,443. Household median income in Surprise is $71,192, and the individual median income is $34,770. Surprise’s Ethnic is the following: White(83%), Hispanic(20.2%), Black(5.4%), Other(4.5%), Multiple(3.9%), Asian(2.8%), Native(0.3%), Pacific(0.1%).
The city was founded in 1938 by Flora Mae Statler, who named it Surprise as she "would be surprised if the town ever amounted to much." Surprise officials previously thought the city was founded by Statler's husband, real estate developer and state legislator Homer C. Ludden, but in 2010 property records were discovered which listed Statler owning the land before she met Ludden.When Surprise was subdivided to build inexpensive houses for agricultural workers, there were only a few houses and a gas station on the one-square-mile (1.6 km) parcel of land.
Since then, the town has experienced tremendous growth. It incorporated as a city in 1960. The townsite is bounded by Greenway Road on the south, El Mirage Road on the east, Bell Road on the north, and Dysart Road on the west. City Hall is located on the site of one of Luke Air Force Base's former auxiliary airfields.Tens of thousands of retirees moved to the city in the 1990s and early 2000s to live in Sun City Grand, an age-restricted resort-like community with homes built by the property development firm Del Webb.
Surprise is about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Del Webb's original Sun City development and adjacent to Sun City West. Sun City Grand has become a large contributor to the city's population, which more than septupled from 10,187 to about 75,000 in 2004.
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