Surprise is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Hamilton Township, Jackson County,

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History

According to tradition, the community was so named from the surprise expressed when the town succeeded in gaining a post office and railroad depot. The Surprise post office closed in 1905.

References

Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{JacksonCountyIN-geo-stub