City of Durant

Government AdministrationOklahoma, United States51-200 Employees

The City of Durant is a municipal government entity in Bryan County, Oklahoma, providing local governance services from its office in Durant. It operates in the Government Administration sector with a mid-sized workforce. As the capital of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant anchors the northern edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth Combined Statistical Area and serves as the principal city of the Durant Micropolitan Statistical Area; the 2020 census recorded 18,589 residents. The city hosts Southeastern Oklahoma State University and the Choctaw Nation headquarters and is officially known as the Magnolia Capital of Oklahoma.
Durant traces its origins to Dixon Durant, a Choctaw who settled after the MK&T railroad's arrival in the early 1870s, and it became the Bryan County seat in 1907 after Oklahoma statehood. It is part of the Texoma region and, in recent developments, the Durant Police Department launched a brand and website in January 2026, while the Durant Regional Airport unveiled a new brand and website to honor aviation heritage and support aerospace growth.

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