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The fort was abandoned in 1796. Fort Winchester was constructed on a nearby site in 1812 by Gen. William Henry Harrison. The city of Defiance, Ohio, was founded at the fort's location in 1822. In 1904, the site of the fort was chosen for the Defiance Public Library.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Defiance is a city in and the county seat of Defiance County, Ohio, United States, about 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Toledo and 47 miles (76 km) northeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana, in Ohio's northwestern corner. [5] The population was 17,066 at the 2020 census.
Pages in category "Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio (11 P) Pages in category "Forts in Ohio" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Fort Defiance (Maryland), a War of 1812 fort on the Elk River; Fort Defiance (Massachusetts), a 19th-century fort in Gloucester; Fort Defiance (Brooklyn), a fort in the neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York during the American Revolution; Fort Defiance (Lenoir, North Carolina), former plantation home of General William Lenoir; Fort ...
It flows southwest to Wapakoneta, then generally north in a zigzag course, past Delphos, Fort Jennings and Oakwood. It joins the Maumee from the south at Defiance , approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of the mouth of the Tiffin River at 41°17′13″N 84°21′23″W / 41.286893°N 84.356527°W / 41.286893; -84.356527
Aug. 19, 1794, Wayne built a fort on the bank of the river opposite the rock, named Fort Deposit, because it was a storage depot for ammo and supplies. The fort was abandoned after Wayne bivouacked the wounded there and returned to Fort Defiance. [4] It was used as one of the supports for the now abandoned Interurban Bridge.