Durant Map
Durant is a city in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States. It 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 a bluff just across the nearby Big Black River. The population was 2,932 at the 2000 census.
Durant is located at 33°4?35?N 89°51?23?W / 33.07639°N 89.85639°W / 33.07639; -89.85639 (33.076313, -89.856405).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.8 km²), of which, 2.2 square miles (5.8 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.89%) is water.
Nearby cities include Lexington, Pickens, Kosciusko, Vaiden, Sallis.