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History · Victor Township

Victor Township’s post office opened in 1913, and 45% of its homes were built before 1940

1913first post office
0on the National Register
45%homes built before 1940
Quick answers

How Victor Township began

When was Victor Township founded?

1913

The Victor Township post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Vernon (1892) and Victor (1913), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 164113 years
Founding year: the first Victor Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Vernon
1892–1913
Victor
1913–1955
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Victor
Gone or out of use
CrawfordlocaleSchool Number 1schoolSchool Number 2schoolSchool Number 4schoolSchool Number 8schoolVernonlocale
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Victor Township
BrandvoldHillsideLakeviewOld BrandvoldSaint Nicholaus

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Questions about Victor Township’s history

What year was Victor Township founded?

The Victor Township post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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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 the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.