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Victoria is a tiny incorporated town in Mississippi County, in the Arkansas Delta, located on Arkansas Highway 158 about three miles west of Interstate 55.

Victoria was founded in the late nineteenth century by planter Robert E. Lee Wilson as part of his plantation empire, which also included the Mississippi County communities of Wilson, Marie, and Armorel.

The town was named for Wilson's sister Victoria; Wilson also had a daughter named Victoria, who married Frank Wesson, an heir of the Wesson firearms manufacturer.

Wilson built his empire from 400 acres of Mississippi County land inherited in 1870 into roughly 50,000 acres, harvesting hardwood timber, building his own rail line, and draining swampland so sharecroppers could plant cotton, corn, and alfalfa.

During World War II, a prisoner-of-war camp operated near Victoria, providing farm labor to replace local men serving overseas in the armed forces.

After a long-running family dispute, Victoria Wesson's family laid claim to about 7,800 acres of farmland around Victoria in 1948, and that land is still owned and operated by Wesson Farms Inc., which has its administrative offices in Osceola.

Victoria did not incorporate until February 24, 1966, when residents chose town status in order to gain services such as a water and sewer system and locally managed police protection.

The 1970 census counted 198 people in Victoria, but the town has shrunk every decade since — 59 residents in 2000, 37 in 2010, and just 20 in 2020.

The 2000 census recorded Victoria's 59 residents living in 21 households and 14 families.

With only 20 residents in the 2020 census, Victoria is one of the smallest incorporated towns in Arkansas.