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Cotton plantations were developed along the waterfronts to take advantage of the fertile soil and to have access to the rivers, which was the basis of transportation until later in the 19th century, when trains were developed. Planters exploited the labor of numerous black enslaved African Americans.
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The Choctaw are a Native American tribe who occupied much of Mississippi as part of their territory well before any European exploration. They were among a succession of indigenous cultures established here for thousands of years. After they were forced to cede most of their land to the United States
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living together, 30.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.32.
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Since the late 20th century, missionary nurses from orders outside the state have been among those working on behalf of poor city and county residents. Local and state citizens were shocked on August 25, 2016 when two 68-year-old nuns were found stabbed to death at their home on Castalian Springs
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The area is still largely rural and agricultural, but industrial-scale farming and mechanization reduced the need for labor decades ago. Many residents left, but among those who stayed, there is considerable unemployment. The population has declined although state and local government have sought
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of 2010, there were 2,673 people, 1,171 households, and 978 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,316.4 inhabitants per square mile (508.3/km). There were 1,209 housing units at an average density of 542.8 per square mile (209.6/km). The racial makeup of the city was 13.80%
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The Castalian Springs Hotel, a two-story wooden building, was associated with the spa based at natural mineral springs and developed as a resort. Located 3 miles west of Durant, it reportedly was one of many sites used as a hospital to treat the more than 10,000 casualties of Confederate troops
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camp, to prepare Protestant missionaries for service in rural areas overseas. Finally the hotel was boarded up and vacant for some years. About 2020, it was purchased by a local pair of brothers. They have held some church retreats here and related large events, and may develop some of it as a
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in Tennessee in April 1862. Researchers are attempting to confirm if the existing building dates to the Civil War, or was a later replacement. Wounded troops were carried south by trains, and towns were asked if their people could care for them. Soldiers were taken from the train at the Durant
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station and carried by wagon to the hotel. About 90 Confederate soldiers died here through November 1863, and were buried in the Wesley Chapel Cemetery, about one-half mile away. All their graves were marked with new tombstones in the 1990s, as former temporary markers had been lost.
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In the city, the population was spread out, with 31.6% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 20 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 49, 15.7% from 50 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. There were 1,230 males and 1,443 females.
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After the war, the hotel was adapted for other uses, first as a private girls' boarding school, educating the daughters of planters and others who could afford it. The large property, which included acreage, was later used for the state
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laws were passed confining them to second-class status, which persisted for decades past the middle of the 20th century. Although thousands of African Americans left the state in the
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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
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The median income for a household in the city was $ 19,659, and the median income for a family was $ 25,065. Males had a median income of $ 26,500 versus $ 20,200 for females. The
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and to remove to Indian Territory in the 1830s, an increasing number of European Americans migrated here to develop the land for large cotton plantations. Before the
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As a result of the consolidation, a new school board for Holmes County was assembled by 2018. Effective July 1, 2018 the two districts were combined as the
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In March 2018 the Holmes County school board voted to move high school students in Durant to Holmes County Central, an action opposed by area residents.
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hunting camp. The hotel is believed to be the only surviving mineral springs resort of what were a dozen in the state during the 1930s, according to the
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redevelopment. The historic brick train depot (see photo above) is to be restored for new uses and is being highlighted as part of the area's
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has an interchange with Highway 12 3 miles (5 km) west of Durant; I-55 leads south 61 miles (98 km) to
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There were 1,171 households, out of which 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.9% were
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in Kentucky, and Sister Margaret Held was a nurse practitioner with the School Sisters of St Francis in
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Burning Crosses and Activist Journalism: Hazel Brannon Smith and the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement
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signed a bill that required the Durant district to consolidate with the Holmes County district.
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for the city was $ 12,210. About 27.9% of families and 35.1% of the population were below the
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in 1895; in 1906 he was elected to the Illinois state legislature, serving two terms to 1911.
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as the first male African-American student, worked as a principal for 10 years; attended
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Beginning in 1890, white Democrats in Mississippi passed a new constitution and laws
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passes through the center of town, leading north 19 miles (31 km) to
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Durant is in eastern Holmes County on the west side of the valley of the
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chief who had lived on this site before the United States undertook
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intersects US 51 in Durant; it leads east 17 miles (27 km) to
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SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Holmes County, MS
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where she worked as an activist to preserve its deserts.
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and closing them out of formal political participation.
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Holmes County Mississippi Genealogy and History Network
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in the 1830s, forcing him and most of the Choctaw to
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Index

City
Train station in Durant
Official seal of Durant, Mississippi
Location of Durant, Mississippi
Durant, Mississippi is located in the United States
33°4′35″N 89°51′23″W / 33.07639°N 89.85639°W / 33.07639; -89.85639
Country
State
Mississippi
County
Holmes
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
ZIP code
Area code
662
FIPS code
GNIS
https://www.cityofdurantms.com/
Holmes County
Mississippi
Big Black River
Illinois Central
Choctaw
Indian Removal
Indian Territory
2010 census

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