Durant, Oklahoma
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| Nickname(s): City of Magnolias and Gateway to Lake Texoma | ||
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 Durant, Oklahoma
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| 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 | |
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| • Mayor | Stewart Hoffman | |
| • Vice Mayor | Destry Hawthorne | |
| • Acting City Manager | Donnalla Miller | |
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| • 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 (2014) | ||
| • Total | 15,856 | |
| • Density | 638/sq mi (246.3/km2) | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | |
| ZIP codes | 74701-74702 | |
| Area code(s) | 580 | |
| FIPS code | 40-22050 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 1092307 | |
| Website | www |
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Durant is a city in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States and serves as the capital of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The population was 15,856 at the 2010 census. Durant is the principal city of the Durant Micropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 42,416 in 2010. Durant ranks as the second largest city within the Choctaw Nation, following McAlester, and ahead of Poteau. Durant is also part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Combined Statistical Area, anchoring the northern edge.
The city was founded by Dixon Durant, a Choctaw who lived in the area, after the MK&T railroad came through the Indian Territory in the early 1870s. It became the county seat of Bryan County in 1907 after Oklahoma statehood.
Durant is home to Southeastern Oklahoma State University and the headquarters of the Choctaw Nation. The city is officially known as the Magnolia Capital of Oklahoma. The city and its micropolitan are a major part of the Texoma region.
The Durant area was once claimed by both Spain and France before officially becoming part of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase and Adams–Onís Treaty. During the 1820s and 1830s the area was designated as part of the Choctaw Nation in the southern Indian Territory. During the Indian removals the Choctaws followed the Choctaw Trail of Tears from their ancestral homeland in Mississippi and Alabama into this area. The Choctaw Nation originally extended from the Mexican border in the west (now part of the Texas panhandle) to the Arkansas Territory in the east, from the Red River in the south to the South Canadian River in the north.
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