Welcome to Superior ...The city of Superior is located in Douglas County<1> and is the County Seat for Douglas County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Superior, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854. When the people of Superior refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Superiorite<2> See our Genealogy Helper Page for Superior for more information about variations on the name of Superior. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Superior has a population of 26,179 people<3> (see below for details). Superior is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Superior lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Superior: 715 & 534<5> The ZIP code for Superior: 54880<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Superior had an population of 26,179 people. This is a decrease of 3.91% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 4.34% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Superior had a population of 27,244 people (or 61.73% of the total population of Douglas County). This makes Superior the county's most populous community. The population of Superior represents 0.48% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 27th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 27,244 people, the population of Superior has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (which had a count of 27,368 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Superior. Communities Also Named Superior ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Superior - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Michigan (5), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (3), Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Superior. Communities near Superior ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Superior.
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 Superior. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Superior. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Superior. 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 Superior. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Superior. Our list includes 27 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Superior. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Superior ...Looking for more information about Superior? 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 Superior, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Superior. Adding Superior to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Superior in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Superior was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for Superior. Footnotes ...
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