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History · Suring

Suring’s post office opened in 1897, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1993 on.

1897first post office
0on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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How Suring began

When was Suring founded?

1897

The Suring post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 517129 years
Founding year: the first Suring post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Suring’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Suring’s homes were built before 1958.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Suring’s history is told.

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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewSuring Wisconsin Marker 1993: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Suring came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Suring.

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This area lies within the traditional homeland of the Menominee, who lived here for millennia before European arrival. After years of negotiations with the Ho-Chunk and the United States government about how to accommodate the incoming populations of Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee, and Brothertown peoples following their removal from New York, the Menominee signed the 1836 Treaty of the Cedars and ceded this territory to the United States. Following this land cession, white settlement could begin. A post office called Suring has been in operation since 1897. The village was named in English for Julius "Joe" Suring ((1851-07-30)July 30, 1851‒(1920-08-15)August 15, 1920), a local landowner. In the Menominee language, it is known as Naeqniw-Sīpiah 'three rivers'.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Suring, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1990s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1990s1 item
Suring Wisconsin Marker 1993c. 1993Suring Wisconsin Marker 1993
Today3 recent
SuringWisconsinBridge2006SuringWisconsinBridgeSuringWisconsin22006SuringWisconsin2SuringWisconsin12006SuringWisconsin1
Famous people

Famous people close to Suring

Nobody well known was born in Suring itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dan HaggertyAmerican actor · b. 1942
Ada DeerNative American activist, scholar, and civil se… · b. 1935
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Sheila TouseyAmerican actress · b. 1960
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Marcus OliveiraAmerican boxer · b. 1979
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George BurnsideAmerican football player · b. 1899
David V. JenningsAmerican politician · b. 1887
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

HowIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMaple ValleyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Suring’s history

What year was Suring founded?

The Suring post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.