Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
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 (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. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Victory is located in Vernon County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Vernon County: Allamakee (IA), Houston (MN), Crawford, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near Victory. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Victory:
- Vernon County (The home county of Victory)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Genoa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Retreat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Purdy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- West Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Newton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Fargo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Stoddard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Chaseburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chaseburg is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Liberty Pole
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- Viroqua
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Coon Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Westby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- Readstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- De Soto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Ferryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Rising Sun
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Towerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Mount Sterling
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Gays Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Soldiers Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Charme
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Charme is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charme
- Bell Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Eastman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Steuben
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- La Crosse County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Shelby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shelby is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- La Crosse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
- Saint Joseph
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Joseph is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Grand Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- North La Crosse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- Barre Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Barre Mills is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Mills
- French Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- Middle Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Ridge is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ridge
- Onalaska
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Onalaska is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onalaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,108 people
- West Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Salem is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,013 people
- Bangor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bangor is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Monroe County
- Cashton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cashton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
- Richland County
- Viola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- New Albin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lansing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dorchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dalby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Lycurgus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lycurgus is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycurgus
- Elon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Harpers Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Waterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Waukon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waukon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,600 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waukon <1>
- Quandahl
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Quandahl is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quandahl
- Rossville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rossville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Waukon Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Ion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Watson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Watson is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Marquette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Winneshiek County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Highlandville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Highlandville is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandville
- Hesper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hesper is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Frankville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Frankville is located in Winneshiek County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Fillmore County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Mabel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Newburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Houston County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Reno
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Eitzen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Eitzen is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eitzen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Brownsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Wilmington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wilmington is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Caledonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bee is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Willington Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Willington Grove is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington Grove
- Hokah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- La Crescent
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Houston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riceford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Riceford is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceford
- Yucatan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yucatan is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan
- Winona County (MN)
- Dakota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dakota is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Victory, see our County-by-County Page for Victory.
Cemeteries Near Victory ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Victory.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Victory covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- German Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Albin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrence Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Winnebago Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gethsemane Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Heminway Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (280 more) ...
- Rush Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns UCC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- May's Prairie Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Victory had a population of 131 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Red Mound
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Red Mound is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mound
- New Albin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- De Soto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- De Soto is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Romance
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Romance is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
- Genoa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Genoa is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Retreat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Lansing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Reno
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Reno is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Purdy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- West Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Newton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Ferryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Freeburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Freeburg is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Stoddard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stoddard is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Fargo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Victory. See our List of 1890's Communities around Victory.
Newspapers Published in Victory ...
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 145 newspapers that have been published in the area around Victory.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Victory, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Victory.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Vernon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- La Crosse County
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton County
- Winneshiek County
- Fillmore County
- Houston County
- Winona County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Victory) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |