Fort Defiance, Arizona
| Fort Defiance | |
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 Seth Eastman, 1873 |
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| Location in Apache County, Arizona | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1851 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Arizona |
| County : | Apache County |
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 45 ′ N , 109 ° 4 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain Standard Time ( UTC − 7 ) |
| Residents : | 4,061 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 258.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 15.8 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) of which 15.7 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 2084 m |
| Postal code : | 86504 |
| Area code : | +1 928 |
| FIPS : | 04-24460 |
| GNIS ID : | 0004747 |
Fort Defiance ( Navajo : Tséhootsooí) is a census-designated place in Apache County in the US state of Arizona . It is located on the Defiance Plateau at an altitude of 2084 m.
Fort Defiance was established in 1851 to provide a military presence in Navajo County . At that time the city was still part of the US state of New Mexico .
Demographics
At the 2000 census, 92.86% of the population were indigenous, 4.53% white, 1.35% Latino, 0.30% Asian, 0.02% Pacific, 0, 22% to other ethnic groups, 1.90% stated more than one ethnic group.
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