Victory, Wisconsin

This article is about the unincorporated community in Vernon County, Wisconsin. For The 1845 settlement in Dodge County, Wisconsin, previously named "Victory", see Juneau, Wisconsin.

Victory, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°29′08″N 91°12′45″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Vernon
Elevation	200 m (650 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	608
GNIS feature ID	1576083[1]

Victory is an unincorporated community in the Town of Wheatland in Vernon County, Wisconsin.^[1][2] It is located 4.5 miles north of De Soto and 6.2 miles south of Genoa on the Mississippi River along the Great River Road (WIS 35). It also is served by the BNSF Railway.

History

The Battle of Bad Axe, the final battle of the Black Hawk War of 1832, took place near this community.^[3] The community's name commemorates the United States victory.^[4]

Gallery

The sign for Victory on WIS35.

Notes

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Victory
2. "Victory Populated Place Profile / Vernon County, Wisconsin Data". wisconsin.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
4. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 136.

43°29′08″N 91°12′45″W