[3] The establishment of Victoria as a community may be traced back in the mid-1800s when the Spanish regime started to expand north from Manila.

The biggest sitio was Namitinan which became part of the earliest barrio formed in 1852 called San Vicente de Canarum.

Not until the signing of the decree by the Spanish Governor General Manuel Crespo on March 28, 1855, that the barrio San Vicente de Canarum was separated from Tarlac to form an independent pueblo named Victoria.

The name was used to highlight the victorious battle of the faithful followers of Queen Isabela II of Spain over their European enemies.

It is bounded by Tarlac City, municipalities of Pura, Gerona, La Paz and to the east by the province of Nueva Ecija.