Welcome to Defiance ...

Defiance is located in Saint Charles County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Defiance, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

Defiance is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Defiance lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Defiance ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Defiance: This one is located in Saint Charles County and the other is located in Worth County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 13 communities that are also named Defiance - they are located in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Michigan, New Mexico (2), North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Defiance.

Communities near Defiance ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Defiance.

• O'Fallon
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Fallon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallon
  • O'Fallon is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,769 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Fallon <4>
• Saint Charles
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
  • Saint Charles is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 71,761 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Charles <4>
• Saint Peters
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peters
  • Saint Peters is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Peters <4>
• Chesterfield
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
  • Chesterfield is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,570 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesterfield <4>
• Wentzville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentzville
  • Wentzville is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,109 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wentzville <4>
• Wildwood
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Wildwood is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,460 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wildwood <4>
• Ballwin
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ballwin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballwin
  • Ballwin is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,094 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ballwin <4>
• Maryland Heights
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maryland Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Heights
  • Maryland Heights is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,895 people
• Creve Coeur
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creve Coeur have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creve Coeur
  • Creve Coeur is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
• Manchester
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manchester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Manchester is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,081 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manchester <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Defiance. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Defiance.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Defiance. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Defiance.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Defiance. See our Newspapers Page for Defiance.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Defiance ...

Looking for more information about Defiance? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Defiance, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Defiance.

Adding Defiance to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Defiance in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Defiance was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Defiance post office opened in 1893.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Defiance.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Defiance. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Saint Charles County: www.saintcharlescounty.org/

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/