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Victor is an
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in Indian Creek Township,
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, in the
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of
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.


History

Victor is the home of Victor Oolitic Stone Company, a limestone quarry and limestone fabricator in existence since 1898. A location between near Victor and Harrodsburg on Clear Creek was chosen by Col. John Ketcham for his home and grist mill.


Geography

Victor is approximately 10 miles southeast of Bloomington and 8 miles northeast of
Harrodsburg Harrodsburg is a home rule-class city in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 9,064 at the 2020 census. Although Harrodsburg was formally established by the House of Burgesses after Boonesbo ...
at the junction of W. Milton Road and S. Victor Pike.


References

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