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Welcome to Victory ...

The village of Victory is primarily located in Cayuga County<1>. A portion of Victory extends into Saratoga County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Victory, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1825.

Victory is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Victory lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Victory: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Victory ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named Victory: This one is located in Cayuga County and the other is located in Saratoga County.

Beyond New York, there are 14 communities that are also named Victory - they are located in Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Victory ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cayugacountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Victory, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Victory ...

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

  • Auburn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Oswego
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Fulton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Baldwinsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baldwinsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinsville
    • Baldwinsville is located in Onondaga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,791 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baldwinsville <4>
  • Lyons
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Phoenix
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Clyde
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Weedsport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weedsport have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedsport
    • Weedsport is located in Cayuga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,683 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weedsport <4>
  • Wolcott
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jordan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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 Victory. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Victory.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Victory. 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 Victory.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Victory. See our Newspapers Page for Victory.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Victory ...

Looking for more information about Victory? 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 Victory, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Victory.

Adding Victory to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Victory 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 Victory was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Victory post office opened in 1825.

We also found Victory in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Victory.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Cayuga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Victory - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Victory area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Victory area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/