Welcome to Victor ...
So far, we found very little information about Victor. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Victor to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Victor, please Contact Us.
Victor would have been located within present day Emery County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Victor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Victor is 5,520 feet [1,682 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Victor is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Victor was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Victor still existed, it would have been in the (435) area code.
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, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota (2), Texas (2), 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.
- Price
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Price is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,427 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Price <5>
- Huntington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Huntington is located in Emery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington <5>
- Wellington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Wellington is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,646 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellington <5>
- East Carbon City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carbon City
- East Carbon City is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,608 people
- Former names for East Carbon City:
- Drager
- Dragerton
- East Carbon City has also been known as:
- East Carbon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Carbon City <5>
- Cleveland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Cleveland is located in Emery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <5>
- Elmo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Elmo is located in Emery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmo <5>
- Hiawatha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
- Hiawatha is located in Carbon County
- Cedar ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Lawrence ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Lawrence is located in Emery County
- Kiz ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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.
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.<7>
From that list, the Victor post office opened in 1911.
We also found Victor on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Victor.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Emery County: www.co.emery.ut.us/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.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 Victor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Emery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Victor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |