Defiance, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Village in Pennsylvania, US}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Defiance, Pennsylvania

|official_name =

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

|image_skyline = Defiance Post Office.jpg

|imagesize =

|image_caption = Post office

|pushpin_map = USA Pennsylvania

|pushpin_label = Defiance

|pushpin_label_position =

|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania

|pushpin_mapsize =

|image_map =

|map_caption =

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Bedford

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Broad Top

|government_footnotes =

|government_type =

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Amanda Rosewater{{cn|date=August 2024}}

|established_title =

|established_date =

|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='42'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}

|area_magnitude =

|area_total_km2 = 0.44

|area_land_km2 = 0.44

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|area_total_sq_mi = 0.17

|area_land_sq_mi = 0.17

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 196

|population_density_km2 = 447.78

|population_density_sq_mi = 1159.76

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 1063

|coordinates = {{coord|40|09|36|N|78|13|54|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type =

|postal_code = 16633

|area_code = 814

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 42-18608

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 2630005{{GNIS|2630005}}

|website =

|footnotes =

}}

Defiance is village and census-designated place{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=2010 U.S. Census website |accessdate=2016-02-13 }} in Broad Top Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The village was home to 196 residents, as of the 2020 census.https://data.census.gov/table?q=Defiance+CDP,+Pennsylvania {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}{{cite web |title=Defiance CDP, Pennsylvania |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/cf/1.0/en/place/Defiance%20CDP,%20Pennsylvania/ALL |website=American FactFinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=November 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213191311/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/cf/1.0/en/place/Defiance%20CDP,%20Pennsylvania/ALL |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }} It is located along Six Mile Run Road (State Route 1036).

The community most likely was named in pioneer days after Fort Defiance.{{cite book|last=Espenshade|first=Abraham Howry|title=Pennsylvania Place Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012934249&view=1up&seq=5|year=1925|publisher=Evangelical Press|isbn=978-0-8063-0416-8|page=291}}