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Welcome to Victor ...Victor is located Victor is located in Erath County<1>. The location of Victor has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Victor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. Victor is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Victor lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Victor: (254) Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Victor: This one is located in Erath County and the other is located in Harris County. Beyond Texas, there are 35 communities that are also named Victor - they are located in Arkansas (2), California (3), Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota (2), Utah, Washington (2) and West Virginia (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Victor. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Victor. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Victor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Victor. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Victor. 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 Victor. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Victor. See our Newspapers Page for Victor. Looking for more information about Victor? 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. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Victor, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Victor. We originally found mention of Victor in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Victor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Victor in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
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