Victory, Wisconsin

Coordinates: 43°29′08″N 91°12′45″W / 43.485497°N 91.212552°W

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Victory, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community

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Coordinates: 43°29′08″N 91°12′45″W / 43.48556°N 91.21250°W / 43.48556; -91.21250
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]

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Notes

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Victory
^ "Victory Populated Place Profile / Vernon County, Wisconsin Data". wisconsin.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
^ "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)
^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 136.

Black Hawk War of 1832

Native people

British Band	Black Hawk Checokalako Neapope Pamisseu Towaunonne Wabokieshiek
Dakota	Wapasha
Ho-Chunk	Waukon Decorah
Menominee	Oshkosh
Potawatomi	Billy Caldwell Shabbona Waubonsie
Sauk and Meskwaki	Keokuk Wapello

U.S. people

Army	Henry Atkinson Hugh Brady Jefferson Davis Winfield Scott Zachary Taylor
Militia	John Giles Adams Milton Alexander David Bailey Ebenezer Brigham John Dement Henry Dodge William S. Hamilton James D. Henry Abraham Lincoln Alexander Posey John H. Rountree Isaiah Stillman James W. Stephenson Samuel Whiteside
Others	George Davenport Henry Gratiot Antoine LeClaire Joseph M. Street Felix St. Vrain Joseph Throckmorton Satterlee Clark

Places

Illinois: Apple River Fort; Buffalo Grove; Dixon's Ferry; Fort Armstrong; Fort Beggs; Galena; Indian Creek; Kellogg's Grove; Plum River; Saukenuk; Stillman Creek; Stillman's Run Battle Site; Waddams Grove; Yellow Creek

Michigan Territory (Wisconsin): Bad Axe River; Blue Mounds Fort; Fort Crawford; Fort Defiance; Fort Hamilton; Fort Jackson; Fort Koshkonong; Fort Union; Gratiot's Grove; Helena; Hamilton's Diggings; Pecatonica River; Roxbury; Sinsinawa Mound; Soldiers Grove; Victory; Wisconsin Heights Battlefield; Wisconsin River

Engagements

Related topics

v t e Municipalities and communities of Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Viroqua
Cities	Hillsboro Viroqua Westby
Villages	Chaseburg Coon Valley De Soto‡ Genoa La Farge Ontario Readstown Stoddard Viola‡
Towns	Bergen Christiana Clinton Coon Forest Franklin Genoa Greenwood Hamburg Harmony Hillsboro Jefferson Kickapoo Liberty Stark Sterling Union Viroqua Webster Wheatland Whitestown
Unincorporated communities	Avalanche Bloomingdale Esofea Fargo Folsom Kickapoo Center Liberty Liberty Pole Newry Newton Pleasant Valley Purdy Red Mound Retreat Rockton Romance Ross Springville Sugar Grove Trippville Tunnelville‡ Victory West Prairie White City
Indian reservation	Ho-Chunk Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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