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Defiance is a city in and the county seat of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The population was 17,066 at the 2020 census . It is located at the confluence of the Auglaize and Maumee rivers about 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Toledo and 47 miles (76 km) northeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana , in Ohio's northwestern corner.
English: This is a locator map showing Defiance County in Ohio. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
Defiance County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio.As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,286. [2] Its county seat and largest city is Defiance. [3] The county was named after an early Army fortification, Fort Defiance, which was so named by Mad Anthony Wayne to signify the settlers' "defiance" of the Indians.
Fort Defiance was an American military fortification built in 1794 during the Northwest Indian War in what was then the Northwest Territory. Following the Treaty of Greenville, the fort was abandoned in 1796. The site of the fort, adjacent to where the Auglaize River flows into the Maumee River, now lies within the city of Defiance, Ohio.
Part of the US 24 freeway in Ohio. From the Indiana state line easterly to Baltimore Street at the border of unincorporated Defiance Township and the city of Defiance, US 24 is an expressway which mostly has interchanges but features intersections with select county and township roads.
Independence Dam State Park is a 591-acre (239 ha) public recreation area located on the banks of the Maumee River three miles east of Defiance in Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The state park features ruins of the Miami and Erie Canal .
Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,528 people in the township. Geography
State Route 281 (SR 281) is an east–west state highway in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 24 approximately four miles (6.4 km) northeast of downtown Defiance, and its eastern terminus is at US 6 nearly one mile (1.6 km) north of Bradner. The majority of the route is known as the ...