Welcome to Victory ...
So far, we found very little information about Victory. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Victory to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Victory, please Contact Us.
Victory would have been located within present day Wayne County<2>.
The location of Victory has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Victory, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Victory is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Victory was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Victory would have been located in the (931) area code.
Communities Also Named Victory ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Victory: This one is located in Wayne County and the other is located in Campbell County.
Beyond Tennessee, there are 14 communities that are also named Victory - they are located in Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New York (2), North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Victory.
Communities near Victory ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Victory.
- Clifton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <5>
- Waynesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesboro
- Waynesboro is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,371 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynesboro <5>
- Corning ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Lutts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lutts have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutts
- Lutts is located in Wayne County
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,080 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutts <5>
- Collinwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collinwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Saint Joseph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Joseph have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Saint Joseph is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 824 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Joseph <5>
- Iron City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Threet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Cloverdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Pruitton
(15 miles [24.1 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.
Adding Victory to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Victory 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 Victory was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Victory post office opened in 1849.
We also found Victory in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Victory.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wayne County: www.waynecountytn.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Victory - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |