During the 1820s and 1830s the area was designated as part of the Choctaw Nation in the southern Indian Territory. 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. History Bryan County Courthouse and Confederate monument The city and its micropolitan are a major part of the Texoma region. The city is officially known as the Magnolia Capital of Oklahoma. It became the county seat of Bryan County in 1907 after Oklahoma statehood.ĭurant is home to Southeastern Oklahoma State University and the headquarters of the Choctaw Nation. 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.
Durant is also part of the Dallas–Fort Worth Combined Statistical Area, anchoring the northern edge. The city is the largest in the Choctaw Nation, ranking ahead of McAlester and Poteau. Durant is the principal city of the Durant Micropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 46,067 in 2020. The population was 18,589 in the 2020 census. Durant ( / d uː r æ n t/) is a city in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States that serves as the headquarters of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
