Victory,_Wisconsin

Victory, Wisconsin

Victory, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

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.

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.
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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]
The sign for Victory on WIS35.

Notes

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Victory
  2. [2]
    "Victory Populated Place Profile / Vernon County, Wisconsin Data". wisconsin.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. [4]
    Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 136.

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