| Surprise is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. The population was 117,517 at the 2010 census. Located about 45 minutes from downtown Phoenix, Surprise is where you can connect all aspects of your life- family, work and recreation. The charming community is surrounded by mountain park lands, a regional lake and pristine, open Sonoran desert.
Seventy-five years ago Flora Statler purchased, platted and began marketing lots in a development she named “Surprise.” So why did she call it Surprise? According to Statler’s daughter her mother once commented "she would be surprised if the town ever amounted to much." She would indeed be surprised and proud of what Surpise has become! |
