- Defiance, Missouri
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Defiance — Unincorporated community — Location within the state of Missouri Coordinates: 38°37′56″N 90°46′42″W / 38.63222°N 90.77833°WCoordinates: 38°37′56″N 90°46′42″W / 38.63222°N 90.77833°W Country United States State Missouri County Saint Charles Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) – Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) ZIP codes 63341 FIPS code GNIS feature ID Defiance is an unincorporated community in Saint Charles County, Missouri, located on state highway 94.
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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. Its population in 2000 was 3,154.
Name
It was named in the late 1800s when the Katy Railroad arrived. Initially the town was to be called Parsons for 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, Missouri to get a station on the line.[1]
Characteristics
From here west to Marthasville are numerous wineries; SH 94 is sometimes called the "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.
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Municipalities and communities of St. Charles County, Missouri Cities Augusta | Cottleville | Dardenne Prairie | Flint Hill | Foristell‡ | Lake St. Louis | New Melle | O'Fallon | Portage Des Sioux | St. Charles | St. Peters | St. Paul | Weldon Spring | Wentzville | West Alton
Villages Townships Blanchette | Boone | Cottleville | Dardenne | Friedens | Frontier | Harvester | Lindenwood | O'Fallon | Rivers | St. Peters | Spencer Creek | Wentzville | Zumbehl
Unincorporated
communitiesDefiance | Harvester | Matson | Nona | Orchard Farm | Seeburger
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Missouri geography stubs
- Missouri Rhineland
- Unincorporated communities in St. Charles County, Missouri
- Missouri populated places on the Missouri River
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