Durant, Mississippi

Durant, Mississippi
City
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 / 33.07639°N 89.85639°W / 33.07639; -89.85639
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Holmes
Government
• Mayor	John Haynes
Area [1]
• 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/

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.

The population of the rural city was 2,673 at the 2010 census,^[2] 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.^[3] 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.