Durant, Oklahoma
Durant, Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
 Main Street in Durant | |
| Nickname(s): City of Magnolias and Gateway to Lake Texoma | |
 Location within the state of Oklahoma | |
  Durant, Oklahoma Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 33°59′59″N 96°23′5″W / 33.99972°N 96.38472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Bryan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.83 sq mi (72.08 km2) |
| • Land | 27.76 sq mi (71.89 km2) |
| • Water | 0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2) |
| Elevation | 669 ft (204 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 18,589 |
| • Density | 669.68/sq mi (258.56/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 74701-74702 |
| Area code | 580 |
| FIPS code | 40-22050[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2410375[2] |
| Website | www |
Durant is a city in Bryan County, Oklahoma in the United States. It is the county seat of Bryan County. The population was 18,589 at the 2020 census.[4]
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.[5]
Sources
[change | change source]- ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Durant, Oklahoma
- ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "DP1: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ↑ "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. 6 (1). Oklahoma Historical Society. 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. 7 (2). Oklahoma Historical Society. 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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- City of Durant
- Durant Area Chamber of Commerce
- Durant Daily Democrat
- KLBC 106.3 FM and The Buzz
- Durant Economic Development
- Durant, Oklahoma (OK 74701, 74702) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, sex offenders, news, sex offenders
- Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture – Durant Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Durant Oklahoma
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