Durant, Oklahoma
Durant is a city in Bryan County, Oklahoma in the United States. It is the county seat of Bryan County. The population was 15,877 at the 2010 census.
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 Location within the state of Oklahoma | |
| Coordinates: 33°59′59″N 96°23′5″W / 33.99972°N 96.38472°WCoordinates: 33°59′59″N 96°23′5″W / 33.99972°N 96.38472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Bryan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jerry Tomlinson (D) |
| • Vice Mayor | Chad Hitchcock |
| • City Manager | Tim Rundell |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.8 sq mi (69.3 km2) |
| • Land | 26.7 sq mi (69.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 636 ft (194 m) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 17,286 |
| • Density | 647/sq mi (249.8/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 74701-74702 |
| FIPS code | 40-22050[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1092307[2] |
| Website | www |
Durant is home to Southeastern Oklahoma State University and the headquarters of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The city is officially known as the Magnolia Capital of Oklahoma.[3]
Durant, Oklahoma Media
Bryan County Courthouse and Confederate monument
Durant City Hall.
North building of Choctaw Casino Resort
Choctaw Nation Headquarters
The large peanut in Durant
Water tower in Durant, Oklahoma
Northbound Highway 69/75 in Durant
President Theodore Roosevelt addressed the community from the back of his train car on April 5, 1905.
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Sources
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "Master Plan – Section 2 The Campus of a Thousand Magnolias". Southeastern Oklahoma State University Master Plan. Southeastern Oklahoma State University. 2010. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- Foreman, Grant (March 1928). "Early Post Offices of Oklahoma". The Chronicles of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Historical Society. 6 (1). Archived from the original on March 5, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
- Phipps, B. L. (June 1929). "First Exploration of the Headwaters of Red River". The Chronicles of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Historical Society. 7 (2). Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- Shirk, George (1987). Oklahoma Place Names. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-8061-2028-7.
Further reading
- Blaisdell, Lowell L. "Anatomy of an Oklahoma Lynching: Bryan County, August 12–13, 1911," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 79 (Fall 2001).
- MacCreary, Henry. A Story of Durant: "Queen of Three Valleys" (Durant, Okla.: Democrat Printing Co., 1946).
- Milligan, James C., Norris, L. David, and Vanmeter, Ann. Durant, 1872–1990 (Durant, Okla.: Bryan County Heritage Association Inc., 1990).
- Norris, L. David. Southeastern Oklahoma State University Since 1909, Vol. 1 (Durant, Okla.: Mesa Publishing Co., 1986).
- Durant leading the state in economic development Archived 2013-01-22 at Archive.today
Other websites
- City of Durant
- Durant Area Chamber of Commerce
- Durant Daily Democrat
- KLBC 106.3 FM and The Buzz
- Durant Economic Development
- Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture – Durant Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Durant Oklahoma
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