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History · Victory

51% of Victory’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1900 on.

1on the National Register
51%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Victory’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Victory’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19004 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1967. Watch Victory change.Old housesHalf of Victory’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Victory’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewVictory (Township): stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Victory on the map, 1900 to 1967

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Victory. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Victory on the 1900 USGS mapVictory on the 1935 USGS mapVictory on the 1940 USGS mapVictory on the 1967 USGS map1900Schuylerville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Victory.

The story so far

Victory, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Victory yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 605 to 666 (+10%).

By decade

Victory, decade by decade

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Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Victory (Township)
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Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Victory’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Victory

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Victory

Nobody well known was born in Victory itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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David Hyde PierceAmerican actor and director · b. 1959
Sanford Robinson GiffordAmerican painter · b. 1823
Abner DoubledayUnion Army general · b. 1819
Charles BrackettAmerican screenwriter · b. 1892
George CrumPopularized potato chips · b. 1822
Terra NaomiAmerican musician · b. 1979
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Schuylerville3 historic placesA

Questions about Victory’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.