Surrey, North Dakota
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Surrey is a city in Ward County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 917 at the 2000 census. Surrey was founded in 1900.
Contents |
[edit] Geography
Surrey is located at (48.237055, -101.133035)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and 1.02% is water.
[edit] History
The site of the city was originally placed in 1894, when Max Bass, the railroad's immigration agent, placed a post in the ground with the name "Surrey" on it. The town was named after Surrey, England, by railroad officials. The post office was established on June 18, 1900. In 1914, the Great Northern Rail Road named it the termination point of the new cutoff line between the city and Fargo, ND.
The village was incorporated in 1951, with an original population of 150. As Minot, ND, continued to grow, Surrey became a virtual suburb of its neighbor. Urban legend has it that as the city grew larger from immigrants who worked in Minot, a fire burned down much of the town. It goes on, saying that only one fourth of the city survived, although the casualties were minimal.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 917 people, 307 households, and 260 families residing in the city. The population density was 365.0/km² (943.1/mi²). There were 313 housing units at an average density of 124.6/km² (321.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.27% White, 1.85% Native American, 0.33% Asian, and 0.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.87% of the population.
There were 307 households out of which 53.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.4% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.0% were non-families. 12.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.24.
In the city the population was spread out with 34.5% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 34.5% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 5.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 102.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $43,403, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $29,688 versus $19,375 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,679. About 5.5% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Education
Within Surrey lies Surrey Public School. It is both an elementary school and a high school (k-12). It has a boys and girls basketball team, a football team, a volleyball team, and a track and field team. Its mascot is the Mustang. Surrey also sports a robotics team that went to regionals (and nationals) in 2005 and a drama team.
[edit] External links
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
 |
State of North Dakota Bismarck (capital) |
|---|---|
| Topics | |
| Regions: |
Badlands | Drift Prairie | Missouri Plateau | Red River Valley | Turtle Mountains |
| Largest cities: |
Beulah-Hazen | Bismarck-Mandan | Devils Lake | Dickinson | Fargo-West Fargo | Grafton | Grand Forks | Jamestown | Minot | Rugby | Valley City | Wahpeton | Williston |
| Counties: |
Adams | Barnes | Benson | Billings | Bottineau | Bowman | Burke | Burleigh | Cass | Cavalier | Dickey | Divide | Dunn | Eddy | Emmons | Foster | Golden Valley | Grand Forks | Grant | Griggs | Hettinger | Kidder | La Moure | Logan | McHenry | McIntosh | McKenzie | McLean | Mercer | Morton | Mountrail | Nelson | Oliver | Pembina | Pierce | Ramsey | Ransom | Renville | Richland | Rolette | Sargent | Sheridan | Sioux | Slope | Stark | Steele | Stutsman | Towner | Traill | Walsh | Ward | Wells | Williams |
