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Victoria, KS

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Victoria, KS 67671

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Victoria is a city in Ellis County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,214.

A group of English and Scottish colonists led by a Scotsman named George Grant founded Victoria in 1873 on land he had purchased from the Kansas Pacific Railway. They named the settlement after Queen Victoria. Grant intended for Victoria to be a ranching community and was purportedly responsible for bringing the first Aberdeen Angus cattle to the United States. Most of the colonists, however, were remittance men more interested in sports and dancing than in raising livestock. Their families soon learned of this and reduced the remittances, driving most of the colonists to leave by 1880. Some returned to Britain; others left for South America.

In 1876, Volga Germans from villages near Saratov, Russia established the settlement of Herzog one half mile north of Victoria. Herzog's Roman Catholic settlers built a series of churches which culminated in the construction of St. Fidelis Catholic Church, known as the "Cathedral of the Plains," in 1911. Herzog grew rapidly and later absorbed Victoria, eventually adopting the older settlement's name. Herzog was officially renamed Victoria in 1913.

Nearby cities include Russell, Gorham, Hays.

Places in Victoria

Dine and drink

Eat and drink your way through town.

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The Library Bar & Grill

4

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House specialty- chicken fried steak

Cattlemans Cafe

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Burger King

18

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Pizza Hut

9

$

Can't-miss activities

Culture, natural beauty, and plain old fun.

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Defiance Brewing Co Taproom

14

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Sternberg Museum of Natural History

19
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Sternberg Museum of Natural History

19
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Gella's Diner & Lb Brewing

722

$$

Places to stay

Hang your (vacation) hat in a place that’s just your style.

Quality Inn Hays I-70

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TownePlace Suites Hays

30
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Rodeway Inn

7
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Rodeway Inn

7
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