Welcome to Victor ...

Victor is located in Ravalli County<1> (at the time of its founding, Victor was located in Missoula County).

While we don't have a date for the founding of Victor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Victor is 3,410 feet [1,039 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Victor is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Victor lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Victor and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Victor is within the boundaries of the (406) area code.

The ZIP code for Victor: 59875<3>

Communities Also Named Victor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota (2), Texas (2), Utah, Washington (2) and West Virginia (3).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Victor.

Communities near Victor ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Victor.

• Hamilton
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
  • Hamilton is located in Ravalli County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,056 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <4>
• Stevensville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevensville
  • Stevensville is located in Ravalli County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stevensville <4>
• Pinesdale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinesdale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinesdale
  • Pinesdale is located in Ravalli County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinesdale <4>
• Cinnabar Court
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnabar Court
  • Cinnabar Court is located in Ravalli County
• Corvallis
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvallis
  • Corvallis is located in Ravalli County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corvallis <4>
• Leisure Village
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
  • Leisure Village is located in Ravalli County
• Grantsdale
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsdale
  • Grantsdale is located in Ravalli County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grantsdale <4>
• Florence
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Florence is located in Ravalli County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <4>
• Lolo
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lolo
  • Lolo is located in Missoula County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lolo <4>
• Gorus
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorus
  • Gorus is located in Ravalli County

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 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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Victor, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Victor.

Adding Victor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Victor 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 Victor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Victor post office opened in 1881.

We also found Victor in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Victor.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Victor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ravalli County: www.co.ravalli.mt.us/

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/