Editing Suring, Wisconsin

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Suring, Wisconsin
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Oconto County, Wisconsin|Oconto]]

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| population_total   = 517
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| elevation_m        = 244
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| area_code          = [[Area code 920|920]]
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'''Suring''' is a village in [[Oconto County, Wisconsin|Oconto County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States, along the [[45th parallel north|45th parallel]]. The population was 517 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is part of the [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] [[Green Bay metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
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 Indian Nation|Oneida]], [[Stockbridge-Munsee Community|Stockbridge-Munsee]], and [[Brothertown Indians|Brothertown]] peoples following their [[Indian removal|removal]] from New York, the Menominee signed the 1836 [[Treaty of the Cedars]] and ceded this territory to the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-108.html|title=Menominee Treaties and Treaty Rights|website=Indian Country Wisconsin|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> Following this land cession, white settlement could begin. A post office called Suring has been in operation since 1897.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Oconto&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Oconto County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=March 21, 2015}}</ref> The village was named in English for Julius "Joe" Suring ({{birth date|1851|7|30}}‒{{death date|1920|8|15}}),<ref>{{cite news|title=First Settler of Suring Is Buried |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42152049/wilhelmina_lubeck_suring_18581941/ |newspaper=The Green Bay Press-Gazette |date=February 24, 1941 |page=4 |via = [[Newspapers.com]] |access-date = January 12, 2020}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="ancestry.com">{{Cite web| title = Julius (Joe) Suring 1851-1920 - Ancestry®| website = [[Ancestry.com]]| accessdate = February 19, 2022| url = https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/julius-joe-suring-24-kqvrw| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220219205005/https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/julius-joe-suring-24-kqvrw| archive-date = February 19, 2022| url-status = live| language = en}}</ref> a local landowner.<ref name="Callary">{{cite book |last1=Callary |first1=Edward |title=Place Names of Wisconsin |date=2016 |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press]] |location=[[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison, WI]] |page=267}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA128|year=1908|page=128}}</ref> In the [[Menominee language]], it is known as ''Naeqniw-Sīpiah'' 'three rivers'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www4.uwsp.edu/museum/menomineeClans/places/chart.aspx|title=Menominee Place Names in Wisconsin|last=Hoffman|first=Mike|website=The Menominee Clans Story|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref>

Suring was mentioned in at least one national publication<ref name="Reason">{{Cite web| last = Brown| first = Elizabeth Nolan| title = Students Strip Searched for Vaping Devices| work = Reason.com| publisher = [[Reason Foundation]]| accessdate = February 19, 2022| date = February 18, 2022| url = https://reason.com/2022/02/18/students-strip-searched-for-vaping-devices/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220219193221/https://reason.com/2022/02/18/students-strip-searched-for-vaping-devices/| archive-date = February 19, 2022| url-status = live| language = en}}</ref> due to an incident concerning to parents<ref name="TCH">{{Cite web| last = Williams| first = Brad| title = Suring Parents Outraged Over Alleged Strip Searches Of Students| work = TCHDailyNews| date = February 11, 2022| accessdate = February 19, 2022| url = https://www.tchdailynews.com/2022/02/11/77302/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220219193845/https://www.tchdailynews.com/2022/02/11/77302/| archive-date = February 19, 2022| url-status = live| language = en}}</ref> where the [https://www.suring.k12.wi.us/ Suring Public Schools] superintendent and other administrators were alleged to have conducted multiple strip searches of both boys and girls in an effort to find hidden vaping devices.<ref name="Reason" /> After the [[Oconto County, Wisconsin|Oconto County]] district attorney declined to press charges,<ref name="WSAW">{{Cite web| last1 = Zimmerman| first1 = Jason| last2 = Peguero| first2 = Joshua| title = DA not issuing charges in Suring student search investigation| website = WSAW-TV| publisher = [[Gray Television]]| access-date = February 19, 2022| date = February 16, 2022| url = https://www.wsaw.com/2022/02/15/da-not-issuing-charges-suring-student-strip-search-investigation/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220219193415/https://www.wsaw.com/2022/02/15/da-not-issuing-charges-suring-student-strip-search-investigation/| archive-date = February 19, 2022| url-status = live| language = en}}</ref> several parents hired a civil rights attorney<ref name="GBPG">{{Cite web| last1 = Mathew| first1 = Benita|  first2 = Jake| last2 = Prinsen| title = Suring High School parents hire civil rights attorney over strip search of students| publisher = [[Green Bay Press-Gazette]]| access-date = February 19, 2022| url = https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/education/2022/02/18/civil-rights-attorney-hired-over-suring-high-school-strip-search/6844594001/| language = en}}</ref> to explore possible litigation against the school board.

==Geography==
Suring is located at {{coord|45|0|0|N|88|22|28|W|type:city}} (45.000016, -88.374481).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
Suring, Wisconsin, is located 50.5 miles northwest of [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 18, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=July 2, 2012}}</ref> The [[Oconto River]] and Peshtigo Brook define its boundaries on the Southwest.

The village stresses its location on the [[45th parallel north]] with a marker, placing it halfway between the [[equator]], and the [[North Pole]].

[[Wisconsin Highway 32]], conjoined with County highway M, passes through the village.

===Climate===
{{Weather box
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 | location    = Suring, Wisconsin (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1959–present)
 | Jan record high F = 56
 | Feb record high F = 67
 | Mar record high F = 81
 | Apr record high F = 91
 | May record high F = 92
 | Jun record high F = 100
 | Jul record high F = 101
 | Aug record high F = 99
 | Sep record high F = 95
 | Oct record high F = 90
 | Nov record high F = 74
 | Dec record high F = 62
 | year record high F = 101
 | Jan high F = 23.8
 | Feb high F = 28.4
 | Mar high F = 39.9
 | Apr high F = 53.0
 | May high F = 66.1
 | Jun high F = 74.8
 | Jul high F = 78.8
 | Aug high F = 77.2
 | Sep high F = 69.5
 | Oct high F = 56.4
 | Nov high F = 41.6
 | Dec high F = 28.9
 | year high F = 53.2
 | Jan mean F = 14.4
 | Feb mean F = 17.6
 | Mar mean F = 29.0
 | Apr mean F = 41.6
 | May mean F = 54.1
 | Jun mean F = 63.6
 | Jul mean F = 67.6
 | Aug mean F = 66.1
 | Sep mean F = 58.1
 | Oct mean F = 45.7
 | Nov mean F = 33.0
 | Dec mean F = 20.9
 | year mean F = 42.6
 | Jan low F = 5.1
 | Feb low F = 6.9
 | Mar low F = 18.1
 | Apr low F = 30.2
 | May low F = 42.2
 | Jun low F = 52.3
 | Jul low F = 56.4
 | Aug low F = 55.0
 | Sep low F = 46.7
 | Oct low F = 34.9
 | Nov low F = 24.3
 | Dec low F = 12.8
 | year low F = 32.1
 | Jan record low F = -41
 | Feb record low F = -44
 | Mar record low F = -39
 | Apr record low F = -3
 | May record low F = 12
 | Jun record low F = 26
 | Jul record low F = 28
 | Aug record low F = 29
 | Sep record low F = 16
 | Oct record low F = 8
 | Nov record low F = -16
 | Dec record low F = -29
 | year record low F = -44
 | precipitation colour   = green
 | Jan precipitation inch = 1.34
 | Feb precipitation inch = 1.13
 | Mar precipitation inch = 1.79
 | Apr precipitation inch = 2.89
 | May precipitation inch = 3.43
 | Jun precipitation inch = 4.22
 | Jul precipitation inch = 4.06
 | Aug precipitation inch = 3.23
 | Sep precipitation inch = 3.47
 | Oct precipitation inch = 2.82
 | Nov precipitation inch = 2.01
 | Dec precipitation inch = 1.69
 | year precipitation inch = 32.08
 | unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
 | Jan precipitation days  = 9.0
 | Feb precipitation days  = 7.1
 | Mar precipitation days  = 7.7
 | Apr precipitation days  = 10.7
 | May precipitation days  = 12.0
 | Jun precipitation days  = 11.8
 | Jul precipitation days  = 10.3
 | Aug precipitation days  = 9.8
 | Sep precipitation days  = 9.7
 | Oct precipitation days  = 10.6
 | Nov precipitation days  = 7.9
 | Dec precipitation days  = 9.0
 | year precipitation days = 115.6
 | Jan snow inch = 11.6
 | Feb snow inch = 13.3
 | Mar snow inch = 8.8
 | Apr snow inch = 6.3
 | May snow inch = 0.1
 | Jun snow inch = 0.0
 | Jul snow inch = 0.0
 | Aug snow inch = 0.0
 | Sep snow inch = 0.0
 | Oct snow inch = 0.6
 | Nov snow inch = 2.3
 | Dec snow inch = 13.6
 | year snow inch = 56.6
 | unit snow days = 0.1 in
 | Jan snow days  = 7.8
 | Feb snow days  = 6.9
 | Mar snow days  = 4.2
 | Apr snow days  = 2.4
 | May snow days  = 0.0
 | Jun snow days  = 0.0
 | Jul snow days  = 0.0
 | Aug snow days  = 0.0
 | Sep snow days  = 0.0
 | Oct snow days  = 0.5
 | Nov snow days  = 2.3
 | Dec snow days  = 7.1
 | year snow days = 31.2
 | source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=grb
|title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = March 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00478376&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = March 22, 2024}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1920 = 294
| 1930 = 421
| 1940 = 437
| 1950 = 546
| 1960 = 513
| 1970 = 499
| 1980 = 581
| 1990 = 626
| 2000 = 605
| 2010 = 544
| 2020 = 517
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 18, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 544 people, 232 households, and 133 families living in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|538.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 268 housing units at an average density of {{convert|265.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 90.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.9% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.7% of the population.

There were 232 households, of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.7% were non-families. 39.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.86.

The median age in the village was 43.2 years. 24.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.7% were from 25 to 44; 22.8% were from 45 to 64; and 25.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 46.1% male and 53.9% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 605 people, 252 households, and 147 families living in the village. The [[population density]] was 595.1 people per square mile (229.0/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 269 housing units at an average density of 264.6 per square mile (101.8/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the village was 98.02% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.17% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.32% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.33% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.17% of the population.

There were 252 households, out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18, 43.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.3% were non-families. 36.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.6% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 27.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $26,023, and the median income for a family was $38,125. Males had a median income of $28,182 versus $20,903 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $14,230. About 10.5% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.4% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Gallery==
{{Gallery
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|File:SuringWisconsin1.jpg |Downtown Suring
|File:SuringWisconsin2.jpg |Downtown Suring
|File:Suring_Wisconsin_Marker_1993.jpg |Geographic marker
|File:SuringWisconsinBridge.jpg |Bridge
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ci.suring.wi.us/ Village of Suring, Wisconsin website]

{{Oconto County, Wisconsin}}

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[[Category:Villages in Oconto County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Villages in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Green Bay metropolitan area]]