Defiance, Missouri

Coordinates: 38°37′56″N 90°46′42″W / 38.63222°N 90.77833°W / 38.63222; -90.77833
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Defiance
FIPS code
29-18910

Defiance is an

Saint Charles County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 159.[2]

History

Defiance was struck hard in the Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021, by a tornado rated EF3. One person was killed.[3]

Situation

The Katy Trail State Park runs through Defiance near the Missouri River. This was the final home of frontiersman Daniel Boone, who settled in the Femme Osage Valley in 1799 after receiving a Spanish land grant. The hamlet was not named during Boone's life.

The Daniel Boone Home, Daniel Boone Hays House, and Isaac McCormick House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Wolf-Ruebeling House is formerly listed.[4]

Etymology

The community was named in the late 1800s when the

Katy Railroad arrived. Initially, the town was to be called Parsons, after the landowner. Because there was already a Parsons, Kansas on the Katy line, settlers considered other names, including Missouriton and Bluff City, before deciding on Defiance because of the hamlet's defiance of rival Matson to get a station on the line.[5]

Characteristics

From here west to

Missouri Weinstrasse". The area is part of the Missouri Rhineland
, where vineyards are cultivated on both sides of the Missouri River. Started originally by German immigrants, the wine industry also was shaped by later Italian immigrants.

In popular culture

transmedia collaboration with Trion Worlds who have released an MMORPG video game of the same name that is tied into the series world and mythology (but did not take place in the titular city).[6]

Education

Defiance is covered by the

Weldon Spring, Missouri and Francis Howell High School
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Explore Census Data".
  2. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Severe weather impacts 5 states in South, Midwest: Here is what we know". WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta. December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ^ "The History of How Defiance Missouri Got Its Name", St. Charles Banner News, May 10, 1971 Archived October 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Munn, Patrick (February 21, 2012). "Exclusive: Details On Syfy's New Series Defiance". TVWise. Retrieved February 22, 2012.


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