Defiance’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 5 old photos of Defiance. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Defiance was struck hard in the Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021, by a tornado rated EF3. One person was killed.
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Start Defiance’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Defiance’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo5 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewParson's House: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Defiance
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Defiance, decade by decade
2000
unknown5 items
1 historic place in Defiance
1 place in Defiance is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Parson's House and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.