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Welcome to Victoria ...The village of Victoria is located in Knox County<1>. The location of Victoria has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Victoria: vik-TOH-ree-uh<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Victoria, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837. When the people of Victoria refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Victorian<4> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Victoria has a population of 286 people<5> (see below for details). Victoria is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<6>. Time Zone: Victoria lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Victoria is located in the (309) area code. The ZIP code for Victoria: 61485<7> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Victoria had an population of 286 people. This is a decrease of 9.49% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 11.46% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Victoria had a population of 316 people. This makes Victoria the county's 10th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 316 people, the population of Victoria decreased 2.17% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 323 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Victoria. Communities Also Named Victoria ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Victoria: This one is located in Knox County and the other is located in Cass County. Beyond Illinois, there are 43 communities that are also named Victoria - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico (2), New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (3), Virginia (2) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Victoria. Communities near Victoria ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Victoria.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Victoria. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Victoria. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Victoria. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Victoria. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Victoria. See our Newspapers Page for Victoria. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Victoria ...Looking for more information about Victoria? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Victoria, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Victoria. Adding Victoria to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Victoria in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Victoria was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Victoria in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Victoria. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Victoria. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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