Durant, Oklahoma

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Durant () is a city in and the county seat of Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. Its population was 18,589 in the 2020 census. It is the home of the headquarters of the Choctaw Nation, and is the largest settlement on the reservation, ranking ahead of McAlester and Poteau. The city was founded by Dixon Durant, a Choctaw who lived in the area, after the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad came through the Indian Territory in the early 1870s. It became the county seat of Bryan County in 1907 after Oklahoma statehood. The city is officially known as the Magnolia Capital of Oklahoma. Durant is home to Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

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