Editing Defiance, Ohio

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{{For|the band of the same name|Defiance, Ohio (band)}}
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'''Defiance''' is a city in [[Defiance County, Ohio]], United States, and its [[county seat]]. The population was 17,066 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is located at the confluence of the [[Auglaize River|Auglaize]] and [[Maumee River|Maumee]] rivers about {{convert|55|mi}} southwest of [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]] and {{convert|47|mi}} northeast of [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]], in Ohio's northwestern corner.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref>

==History==
The city contains the site of [[Fort Defiance (Ohio)|Fort Defiance]], built by General "Mad" [[Anthony Wayne]] in August 1794 during the [[Northwest Indian War]]. Wayne surveyed the land and declared to General [[Charles Scott (governor)|Charles Scott]], "I defy the English, Indians, and all the devils of hell to take it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defiancetourism.com/history.htm|title=Defiance Ohio|publisher=Defiance Tourism|access-date=2012-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802051857/http://www.defiancetourism.com/history.htm|archive-date=2017-08-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> Using the fort as a [[base of operation]]s, Wayne ordered his troops to destroy [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] crops and villages within a radius of {{Convert|50|mi|km}} around the fort.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Defiance, Ohio - Ohio History Central|url=https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Defiance,_Ohio|access-date=2021-05-03|website=ohiohistorycentral.org}}</ref> Today a pair of cannons outside the city library on the Maumee River overlook the confluence and mark the location of Fort Defiance, along with a mounded outline of the fort walls. The city was named after Fort Defiance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=16600|title=Profile for Defiance, Ohio, OH|publisher=ePodunk|access-date=2012-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626221016/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=16600|archive-date=2017-06-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>

From Fort Defiance, the U.S. forces moved northeast along the Maumee River to fight the decisive [[Battle of Fallen Timbers]] near the current town of [[Maumee, Ohio]]. This victory secured for the United States the [[Northwest Territory]], now the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

Fort Winchester was built on the same spot during the [[War of 1812]], but it was a larger fort that extended southward somewhat along the Auglaize River. Historical plaques in the sidewalks mark the full extent of Fort Winchester.

In 1822, Defiance was laid out as a town. In 1845, it was made the county seat of the newly created county, and it became a city in 1881.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=Defiance |volume=7 |page=926}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|12.13|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|11.62|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.51|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

Defiance lends its name to a distinct end [[moraine]] from the [[Wisconsin glaciation]]. As Cushing et al. point out, "The Defiance moraine represents the last notable stand of the glacial front in this region." The moraine varies in width from {{convert|2|to|4|mi|km|disp=sqbr}}, and according to Leverett, "it is like a broad wave whose crest stands {{convert|20|to|50|ft|m|disp=sqbr}} above the border of the plain outside it."<ref name="Leverett">{{cite book|last1=Leverett|first1=Frank|title=Glacial Formations and Drainage Features of the Erie and Ohio Basins, USGS Monograph Vol. XLI|date=1902|publisher=US Government Printing Office|location=Washington|pages=581–584}}</ref><ref name="Cushing">{{cite book|last1=Cushing|first1=H.P.|last2=Leverett|first2=Frank|last3=Van Horn|first3=Frank|title=Geology and Mineral Resources of the Cleveland District, Ohio, USGS Bulletin 818|date=1931|publisher=US Government Printing Office|location=Washington|pages=63–64, 96}}</ref>

[[File:Defiance Moraine throughout Ohio.png|thumb|left|upright=4|The Defiance Moraine trends across the entire state of Ohio.]]
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===Climate===
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| location    = Defiance, Ohio, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 70
|Feb record high F = 73
|Mar record high F = 89
|Apr record high F = 91
|May record high F = 99
|Jun record high F = 107
|Jul record high F = 111
|Aug record high F = 104
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F = 92
|Nov record high F = 82
|Dec record high F = 70

|Jan avg record high F = 54.6
|Feb avg record high F = 57.0
|Mar avg record high F = 69.0
|Apr avg record high F = 79.9
|May avg record high F = 87.8
|Jun avg record high F = 93.6
|Jul avg record high F = 94.1
|Aug avg record high F = 92.3
|Sep avg record high F = 90.4
|Oct avg record high F = 82.1
|Nov avg record high F = 67.8
|Dec avg record high F = 57.4
|year avg record high F = 96.0

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| Jan high F  =32.3
| Feb high F  =35.5
| Mar high F  =46.4
| Apr high F  =59.9
| May high F  =71.3
| Jun high F  =80.7
| Jul high F  =84.6
| Aug high F  =82.3
| Sep high F  =76.5
| Oct high F  =63.3
| Nov high F  =49.0
| Dec high F  =37.2
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| Jan mean F  =25.1
| Feb mean F  =27.6
| Mar mean F  =37.1
| Apr mean F  =49.1
| May mean F  =60.5
| Jun mean F  =70.3
| Jul mean F  =73.9
| Aug mean F  =71.9
| Sep mean F  =65.2
| Oct mean F  =53.0
| Nov mean F  =40.7
| Dec mean F  =30.5
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| Jan low F  =17.8
| Feb low F  =19.7
| Mar low F  =27.8
| Apr low F  =38.3
| May low F  =49.7
| Jun low F  =59.8
| Jul low F  =63.2
| Aug low F  =61.5
| Sep low F  =53.9
| Oct low F  =42.7
| Nov low F  =32.4
| Dec low F  =23.7

|Jan avg record low F = -2.9
|Feb avg record low F = 2.0
|Mar avg record low F = 11.9
|Apr avg record low F = 24.8
|May avg record low F = 36.2
|Jun avg record low F = 46.8
|Jul avg record low F = 52.9
|Aug avg record low F = 51.3
|Sep avg record low F = 41.2
|Oct avg record low F = 29.9
|Nov avg record low F = 18.9
|Dec avg record low F = 6.4
|year avg record low F = -6.2

|Jan record low F = -26
|Feb record low F = -22
|Mar record low F = -7
|Apr record low F = 4
|May record low F = 24
|Jun record low F = 35
|Jul record low F = 40
|Aug record low F = 36
|Sep record low F = 26
|Oct record low F = 14
|Nov record low F = 0
|Dec record low F = -19

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| Jan precipitation inch  =2.59
| Feb precipitation inch  =2.17
| Mar precipitation inch  =2.55
| Apr precipitation inch  =3.67
| May precipitation inch  =4.26
| Jun precipitation inch  =3.63
| Jul precipitation inch  =3.66
| Aug precipitation inch  =3.50
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.25
| Oct precipitation inch  =2.87
| Nov precipitation inch  =3.00
| Dec precipitation inch  =2.55
|year precipitation inch = 37.70

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 12.3
|Feb precipitation days = 9.9
|Mar precipitation days = 10.7
|Apr precipitation days = 13.4
|May precipitation days = 13.1
|Jun precipitation days = 10.8
|Jul precipitation days = 9.5
|Aug precipitation days = 9.4
|Sep precipitation days = 9.1
|Oct precipitation days = 10.8
|Nov precipitation days = 11.1
|Dec precipitation days = 11.6

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| Jan snow inch  =8.7
| Feb snow inch  =8.0
| Mar snow inch  =2.6
| Apr snow inch  =0.2
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.0
| Nov snow inch  =0.9
| Dec snow inch  =3.8

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 5.7
|Feb snow days = 4.4
|Mar snow days = 1.9
|Apr snow days = 0.4
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 1.0
|Dec snow days = 3.2

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|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Defiance, OH
|access-date = March 5, 2023
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|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=iwx
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Northern Indiana
|access-date = March 5, 2023
}}
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 800
|1860= 1399
|1870= 2750
|1880= 5907
|1890= 7694
|1900= 7579
|1910= 7327
|1920= 8876
|1930= 8818
|1940= 9744
|1950= 11265
|1960= 14553
|1970= 16281
|1980= 16783
|1990= 16768
|2000= 16465
|2010= 16494
|2020= 17066
|estyear= 2023
|estimate= 17043
|estref=<ref name="2023 est"/>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3921308|title=Defiance city, Ohio Census Profile|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=December 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Defiance city, Ohio |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/defiancecityohio/PST045219 |website=census.gov}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2020, there were 17,052 people, and 7,219 households in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1347.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 83.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 8.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 15.0% of the population. According to 2018-2022 census data, 90.6% of persons age 25 years or higher had an education level of high school graduate or higher. 20.2% of persons age 25 years or higher reported having a Bachelor's degree or higher.<ref name="censusgov2020">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Defiance city, Ohio; Defiance County, Ohio |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/defiancecityohio,defiancecountyohio/RHI525222#RHI525222 |website=www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=14 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

The 2018-2022 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) [[Household income in the United States|median income for households]] (in 2022 dollars) was $58,750. 14.6% of the population was below the poverty line. 8.5% of persons under age 65 years were without health insurance.<ref name="censusgov2020" />

The median value of owner-occupied housing units (2018-2022) was $135,800. Median gross rent (2018-2022) was	$809.<ref name="censusgov2020" />

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 16,494 people, 6,663 households, and 4,291 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1419.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 7,435 housing units at an average density of {{convert|639.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 88.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 4.8% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 14.4% of the population.

There were 6,663 households, of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.6% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.91.

The median age in the city was 37.1 years. 24.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.7% were from 25 to 44; 26% were from 45 to 64; and 15.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.3% male and 51.7% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 16,465 people, 6,572 households, and 4,422 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,562.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 7,061 housing units at an average density of {{convert|670.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 87.15% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.44% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.32% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.39% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.50% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.15% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 12.75% of the population.

There were 6,572 households, out of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city the population was composed of 25.7% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.

The median income for households was $41,670, and the median income for a family was $49,599. Males had a median income of $37,322, compared to $23,938 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $19,790. About 7.4% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.0% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Fort Defiance in Defiance, Ohio 2021.jpg|left|thumb|Park at the site of [[Fort Defiance (Ohio)|Fort Defiance]]]]
Defiance has several city parks that offer a variety of recreational activities, including baseball and softball diamonds, as well as playground equipment. These parks include Kingsbury Park and Diehl Park. Kingsbury Park also has a public swimming pool.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://visitdefianceohio.com/recreate/enjoy/|title=enjoy – Visit Defiance Ohio|website=visitdefianceohio.com}}</ref>

[[Independence Dam State Park]], 4 miles east of the city on State Highway 424, along the [[Maumee River]], is also a popular recreational site for area residents. The park provides picnic facilities, nature trails, and fishing. There is a reservoir with adjacent trails, along with a track up top. There is also a [[Frisbee golf]] course. On the other side, there is a dog park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.defiancebarkandrun.com/|title=Defiance Bark & Run|website=defiancebarkandrun|language=en|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>

Fort Defiance Park is a park that currently occupies the site of the former Fort Defiance. In 1980, the park was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fort Defiance Park|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/SearchResults/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-02|website=[[National Park Service]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526064415/http://npgallery.nps.gov:80/nrhp/SearchResults |archive-date=2016-05-26 }}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Public library of Defiance, Ohio.jpg|thumb|Public library in Defiance]]
The [[Defiance City School District|Defiance City Schools]] school district provides public K-12 education for the majority of the city limits. The [[Northeastern Local School District (Defiance County, Ohio)|Northeastern Local Schools]]<!--UNI 04672--> school district (which operates [[Tinora High School (Defiance, Ohio)|Tinora]]) includes outerlying portions of the city limits,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39039_defiance/DC20SD_C39039.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Defiance County, OH|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-11}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39039_defiance/DC20SD_C39039_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> but it is a smaller school district.

Schools maintained by local [[Lutheran]] and [[Catholic]] churches also provide preschool-grade 8 education. 

There are three high schools in the Defiance area: Defiance (located in Defiance), Tinora (part of Northeastern Local Schools) and Ayersville High Schools. Tinora and Ayersville High Schools are located a few miles from the main city and serve the rural areas of Defiance County to the northeast and southeast, respectively, of Defiance.

[[Defiance College]] is a small liberal arts college affiliated with the [[United Church of Christ]] and has an enrollment of about 1,000 students. Defiance College is a member of the NAIA and can give scholarships out to its athletes. 

Defiance has a public library, a branch of the Defiance Public Library System.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://defiancelibrary.org/about/16-about/13-locations | title=Locations | publisher=Defiance Public Library System | access-date=25 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225210013/http://defiancelibrary.org/about/16-about/13-locations | archive-date=25 February 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Media==

===Newspaper===
*''[[The Crescent-News]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crescent-news.com/|title=crescent-news.com &#124; Your northwest Ohio news and sports connection|first=The|last=Crescent-News|website=The Crescent-News}}</ref>

===Radio===
*[[WONW]], 1280 AM, news-talk
*[[WDFM (FM)|WDFM]], 98.1 FM, "Hot AC"
*[[WZOM]], 105.7 FM "The Bull", country

===Television===
*[[WNHO-LD]] channel 44, repeater of [[WLMA (TV)|WLMA]], [[Lima, Ohio]]

==Notable people==
{{div col}}
*[[Kevin Bacon (politician)|Kevin Bacon]], Ohio Senator
*[[Doug Bair]], pitcher for seven [[Major League Baseball]] teams
*[[Chad Billingsley]], pitcher for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
*[[Michelle Burke]], television and film actress
*[[Wild Bill Davison]], [[jazz]] [[cornet]] player
*[[Alene Duerk]],  first female admiral in the U.S. Navy<ref name="Tiger">{{cite book|author=Tiger|title=Female Hierarchies|year=1978|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNIGHx6e8u0C&pg=PA65|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-2353-1|pages=65–}}</ref><ref name="Mayne2000">{{cite book|author=Richard Mayne|title=The Language of Sailing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fp63wWByImQC&pg=PA5|date=January 2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-278-4|pages=5–}}</ref> 
*[[Alan Francis (horseshoes)|Alan Francis]], champion horseshoe thrower
*[[Chet Grant]], football player and journalist
*[[Asel Hagerty]] (1837–1919), Canadian-born Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War<ref name="Projects">{{cite web|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/208|title=Asel Hagerty|access-date=July 19, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728015316/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=208|archive-date=July 28, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Jessicka Havok]], professional wrestler 
*[[Michael Hitchcock]], actor, [[comedian]], [[screenwriter]], and [[television producer]]
*[[Greg Kampe]], men's head basketball coach at [[Oakland University]]
*[[Sarah Kurtz]], [[materials scientist]] and member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]]
*[[Don Miller (American football, born 1902)|Don Miller]], one of the [[Four Horsemen (football)|Four Horsemen]] of [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
*[[Ray T. Miller]], 43rd [[Mayor of Cleveland]]
*[[Jon Niese]], pitcher for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]
*[[Jason Osborne]], majority leader for [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]]
*[[Chad Reineke]], pitcher for the [[Cincinnati Reds]]
*[[Evelyn Ryan]], jingle writer
*[[Terry Ryan (writer)|Terry "Tuff" Ryan]], author 
*[[Bruce Shingledecker]], Alaskan wildlife painter
*[[H. Allen Smith]], humorist
*[[Scott Taylor (left-handed pitcher)|Scott Taylor]], pitcher for the [[Boston Red Sox]]
*[[Walter W. Wensinger]],  lieutenant general in the Marine Corps during World War II
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==See also==
* [[Military Order of the Serpent]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cityofdefiance.com City website]
* [http://www.visitdefianceohio.com Defiance Development & Visitors Bureau]
* [http://www.defiancelibrary.org Defiance Public Library]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070628200649/http://www.maumeevalleyheritagecorridor.org/ Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor]

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