Victor, Indiana | |
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 Victor's imposing railroad trestle | |
  Victor  Victor | |
| Coordinates: 39°03′39″N86°34′51″W / 39.06083°N 86.58083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Monroe |
| Township | Indian Creek |
| Elevation | 656 ft (200 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 47403 |
| Area code(s) | 812, 930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 445274 [1] |
Victor is an unincorporated community in Indian Creek Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]
Victor is the home of Victor Oolitic Stone Company, a limestone quarry and limestone fabricator in existence since 1898. [2] A location between near Victor and Harrodsburg on Clear Creek was chosen by Col. John Ketcham for his home and grist mill. [3]
Victor is approximately 10 miles southwest of Bloomington and 8 miles northwest of Harrodsburg at the junction of W. Milton Road and S. Victor Pike.
Shelby County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,065. Its county seat is Shelbyville. The county was established in 1792 and named for Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky. Shelby County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Shelby County's motto is "Good Land, Good Living, Good People".
Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1910 the US Census Bureau calculated the nation's mean population center to lie in Monroe County. The population was 139,718 at the 2020 United States Census. The county seat is Bloomington. Monroe County is part of the Bloomington, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Oolitic is a town in Indian Creek and Shawswick townships, Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,184 at the 2010 census.
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Colonel John Ketcham was an American surveyor, building contractor and judge.
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Harrodsburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Its population was 656 at the 2020 census.
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The Harrodsburg Limestone is a geologic formation, a member of the Sanders Group of Indiana Limestone, of Mississippian age. It was named for Harrodsburg in southern Monroe County, Indiana by T. C. Hopkins and C. E. Siebenthal. It is made up primarily of calcarenite and calcirudite. It also may include some beds of dolomite and shale.
The Battle Creek Tower is a mixed-use commercial and residential building located at 70 West Michigan Avenue in Battle Creek, Michigan. It was originally built as the Central National Tower, and designed as an office building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
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