DEFIANCE COUNTY OF (INC)

Dog Warden

History On August 8, 1794, General Anthony Wayne and his soldiers arrived at the confluence of the Maumee and Auglaize Rivers and built the fort called "Fort Defiance." During the War of 1812, Fort Winchester was built near this same site. In 1803, Ohio was the first state carved from the Northwest Territory. The organization of Defiance County began on February 12, 1820, when the Ohio...