Surprise (Arizona)
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 City Hall Surprise |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1929 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Arizona |
| County : | Maricopa County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 38 ′ N , 112 ° 23 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain Standard Time ( UTC − 7 ) |
| Residents : | 132,677 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 737.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 180.0 km 2 (approx. 69 mi 2 ) of which 179.9 km 2 (approx. 69 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 358 m |
| Area code : | +1 623 |
| FIPS : | 04-71510 |
| GNIS ID : | 0012009 |
| Website : | www.surpriseaz.com |
| Mayor : | Lyn Truitt |
Surprise is a city in Maricopa County in the US state of Arizona , United States . In 2000 the population was 30,848 inhabitants and grew to 117,517 people by 2010 ( United States Census 2010 ), which corresponds to a population increase of 281%. This means that the city has the second highest growth rate of all major cities in the Phoenix metropolitan area . The urban area has a size of 180 km². US Highway 60 runs through Surprise .
geography
Surprise is located northwest of Phoenix on US Route 60 about 32 km away and covers an area of 180 km². Neighboring towns to the east and south are, from north to south, Sun City West , Mirage, and Litchfield Park . The White Tank Mountains rise to the west and the Sonora Desert expands to the north .
history
Surprise was founded in 1929 and got a local government (incorporated) and city rights in 1960 . The name Surprise comes from the town of the same name in Nebraska , the hometown of the founder Homer C. Ludden . In the 1930s, the village was inhabited by farm workers who were employed on the surrounding farms. The focus was a gas station on the highway with a few houses on around 1.6 km² area. Between 1930 and 1990 the population grew slowly from under 500 to around 7000 residents.
Sun City
A real population explosion began in 1990 when tens of thousands of retirees from all over the United States moved to Sun City Arizona . This is a planned new city building with infrastructure on desert soil near the Arizona's capital, Phoenix. The city was founded on January 1, 1960. Before the first houses were built, streets, golf courses, hotels and shopping centers already existed. The development consists predominantly of bungalow-like, single-storey single-family houses, which are marketed by the Del E. Webb Corporation and offered by catalog. Surprise is only 5 miles from Sun City and the urban planning was based on a similar approach to Sun City.
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 1980 | 3723 |
| 1990 | 7122 |
| 2000 | 30,848 |
| 2010 | 117,517 |
| 2016 (estimated) | 132,677 |
1980–2010: census results
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rand McNally: Travel Atlas USA-Canada , Chicago 1999, ISBN 3-8283-0327-7
- ^ History of Surprise , accessed August 7, 2014
- ^ Sun City Arizona , accessed August 7, 2014
- ^ US census , accessed August 8, 2014