History of Victor and Victor Township, DeKalb County, Illinois

From Geneaology Trails  "Victor Township History."

The town of Victor was organized in 1853.  For many years previous it had been, with Clifton and half of Afton, in one town organization, which held its town meetings in Deacon Pritchard's large barn until the schoolhouse was built., nearby, then they convened to that place.

It was one of the Illinois prairie towns, remote from woodland, and consequently  was not occupied by settlers until those sections of the country which were better favored by timber had passed  out of the hands of the United States, and could not be purchased at "government price."  In 1847 and  1848 some of the lands were first entered, and during the next five years it was all taken up.

Small Town Affairs.  --RoadVic