Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Surprise came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Surprise in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Surprise. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Surprise data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Surprise:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Surprise is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Surprise in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Surprise for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Surprise. See our Misc Page for Surprise for more information.