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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Victory Camp. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Victory Camp to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Victory Camp, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Victory Camp (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Victory Camp. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Victory Camp is historic, it would have been located within present day Delaware County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Delaware County: Franklin, Knox, Licking, Marion, Morrow & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Victory Camp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Victory Camp:
- Delaware County (The home county of Victory Camp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory Camp, with the one closest to Victory Camp listed first.
- Africa ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Stewards Corners ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stewards Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Corners
- Galena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rust Corners ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rust Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rust Corners
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Rome ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Rome has also been known as:
- Rome Corners
- Lewis Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Orange Station ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Orange Station is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Station
- Williamsville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Williamsville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Alum Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alum Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Creek
- Berkshire
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Berkshire is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory Camp, with the one closest to Victory Camp listed first.
- Pickerington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lithopolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Baltimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory Camp, with the one closest to Victory Camp listed first.
- Westerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Central College ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- Flint ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Blendon Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blendon Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Corner
- Blendon Corner has also been known as:
- Blendon Four Corners
- Blendon
- Huber Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Gould Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gould Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Park
- Minerva Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Worthington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverlea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Riverlea is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverlea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- New Albany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Olentangy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olentangy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olentangy
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory Camp, with the one closest to Victory Camp listed first.
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Centerburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milfordton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Mount Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Five Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Bangs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Green Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Hunt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Dorema
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Mount Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory Camp, with the one closest to Victory Camp listed first.
- Green ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Beech ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Hartford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Johnstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Summit Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Ash ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Alexandria
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Beechwood Trails
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Pataskala
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Cokesbury Corners ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Corners
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory Camp, with the one closest to Victory Camp listed first.
- Amity
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Plain City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Chuckery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Gillivan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Plumwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory Camp, with the one closest to Victory Camp listed first.
- Waldo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Prospect
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Newmans
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Green Camp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory Camp, with the one closest to Victory Camp listed first.
- West Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Vails Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Marengo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Westfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Sparta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Shawtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Cardington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chesterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Edison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Gilead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory Camp, with the one closest to Victory Camp listed first.
- Duvall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Orient
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Commercial Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Matville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory Camp, with the one closest to Victory Camp listed first.
- Jerome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- New Dover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Magnetic Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Unionville Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Pharisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Marysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Richwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Milford Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Summersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Raymond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Victory Camp, see our County-by-County Page for Victory Camp.
Cemeteries Near Victory Camp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Victory Camp.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Victory Camp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Victory Camp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Victory Camp, with the one closest to Victory Camp listed first.
- Northlawn Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tussic Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tussig Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Olde Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Copeland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Galena Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Africa Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Africa Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the northwest of Africa.
- The Africa Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Orange Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39606 <3>
- Resurrection Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Otterbein Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Red Bank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (497 more) ...
- McNamara Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peachblow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kingwood Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Victory Camp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Victory Camp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Victory Camp, with the one closest to Victory Camp listed first.
- Africa ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Westerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Galena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Flint ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Central College ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- Harlem
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Berkshire
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Berkshire is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Alum Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alum Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Creek
- Center Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- West Berlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Berlin is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berlin
- West Berlin has also been known as:
- Berlin Station
- Pershing Station
- Tank Town
- Tanktown
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Worthington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vans Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Berlin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Victory Camp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Victory Camp.
Newspapers Published in Victory Camp ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 339 newspapers that have been published in the area around Victory Camp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Victory Camp, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Victory Camp.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Victory Camp:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Delaware County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Pickaway County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Victory Camp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Victory Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |