Victory, Wisconsin

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{{about|the unincorporated community in Vernon County, Wisconsin|The 1845 settlement in Dodge County, Wisconsin, previously named "Victory"|Juneau, Wisconsin}}

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Victory is an unincorporated community in the Town of Wheatland in Vernon County, Wisconsin.{{gnis|1576083|Victory}}{{Cite web|title=Victory Populated Place Profile / Vernon County, Wisconsin Data|url=https://wisconsin.hometownlocator.com/wi/vernon/victory.cfm|access-date=2021-01-19|website=wisconsin.hometownlocator.com|language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Portals/57/docs/Home/History/badaxe.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-11-09 |archive-date=2013-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222042237/http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Portals/57/docs/Home/History/badaxe.pdf |url-status=dead }} The community's name commemorates the United States victory.{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=140|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=136}}

Gallery

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Notes

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{{Black Hawk War (1832)}}

{{Vernon County, Wisconsin}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin

Category:Unincorporated communities in Vernon County, Wisconsin

Category:Wisconsin populated places on the Mississippi River

Category:Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations

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