Fort Defiance (Ohio)

Fort Defiance
Part of the Northwest Territory of the United States
present day Defiance, Ohio
Fort Defiance
Site history
BuiltAugust 1794
FateAbandoned in 1796; Fort Winchester constructed nearby (c. 1812)
Battles/wars
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Anthony Wayne
OccupantsUnited States troops

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.