Welcome to Surprise ...

Surprise is located in Culpeper County<1>.

The location of Surprise has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Surprise, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

Surprise is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Surprise lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Surprise: (540)

Websites for Surprise ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.culpepervachamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Surprise, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Surprise ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Surprise - they are located in Arizona, British Columbia, California, Indiana, Kansas (2), Nebraska, New York, Ohio and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Surprise.

Communities near Surprise ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Surprise.

• Culpeper
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culpeper
  • Culpeper is located in Culpeper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,214 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culpeper <4>
• Orange
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Orange is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,166 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <4>
• Gordonsville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
  • Gordonsville is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,647 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordonsville <4>
• Remington
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Remington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
  • Remington is located in Fauquier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Remington <4>
• Madison
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Madison is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <4>
• Tryme
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tryme have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
  • Tryme is located in Madison County
• Norman
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Norman is located in Culpeper County
• Griffinsburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
  • Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
• True Blue
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
  • True Blue is located in Orange County
• Burnt Tree
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
  • Burnt Tree is located in Madison County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Surprise. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Surprise.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Surprise. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Surprise.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Surprise. See our Newspapers Page for Surprise.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Surprise ...

Looking for more information about Surprise? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Surprise, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Surprise.

Adding Surprise to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Surprise in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Surprise was on a map titled Map of Virginia (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Surprise.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Surprise. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Culpeper County: www.culpepercounty.gov/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/