Durant is a city in Holmes County, Mississippi. 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
Statistics: 1,075 households, and 744 families. Durant has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2): Population Density: was 1,316.4 people per square mile. Racial makeup: 28% White, 70.% Black; less than 1% Indian, Asian, Hispanic or Latino or othr races.
FACTS: Absolom M. West (planter, politician, Civil War general, labor organizer and Vice Presidential candidate, 1818–1894) owned a plantation near Durant prior to the American Civil War.
Statistics: 1,075 households, and 744 families. Durant has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2): Population Density: was 1,316.4 people per square mile. Racial makeup: 28% White, 70.% Black; less than 1% Indian, Asian, Hispanic or Latino or othr races.
FACTS: Absolom M. West (planter, politician, Civil War general, labor organizer and Vice Presidential candidate, 1818–1894) owned a plantation near Durant prior to the American Civil War.
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