Durant, Mississippi
Durant is a city near the central eastern border of Holmes County, Mississippi, United States, and Big Black River. The town was founded in 1858 as a station on the Mississippi Central Railroad, later part of the Illinois Central. Durant was named for Louis Durant, a Choctaw chief who had lived on this site before the United States undertook Indian Removal in the 1830s, forcing him and most of the Choctaw to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.
Durant, Mississippi | |
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Train station in Durant | |
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Location of Durant, Mississippi | |
Durant, Mississippi Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 33°4′35″N 89°51′23″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Holmes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | John Haynes |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.26 sq mi (5.86 km2) |
| • Land | 2.24 sq mi (5.80 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2) |
| Elevation | 259 ft (79 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 2,231 |
| • Density | 995.98/sq mi (384.59/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 39063 |
| Area code | 662 |
| FIPS code | 28-20500 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0669521 |
| Website | https://www.cityofdurantms.com/ |
The population of the rural city was 2,673 at the 2010 census, down from 2,932 at the 2000 census.
About 3 miles away is the Castalian Springs Hotel, believed in 2020 to be the only surviving such spa structure in the state. A dozen mineral springs resorts were identified in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Guide to Mississippi (1938), written during the Great Depression. Such springs were believed to have healing properties.