Bryan

Formed November 16, 1907 (31^st county)

Bryan County (46,072), Durant (18,586)

The gray masonry and tall columns create the governmental look to the 1917 Classical Revival structure.  There have not been any other courthouses in Bryan County, therefore, Durant is the only county seat.  It is located at the intersection of Evergreen and Fourth streets.  United States Highway 70 is one block south of the location.  Jewell Hicks designed this building.  Veteran memorials and a gazebo are on the grounds.  The county was organized on November 16, 1907 from the Choctaw Nation as the 31^st county.  Bryan County was named for famous orator William Jennings Bryan.  Durant was named for Dickson Durant. 

Bryan County government consists of a treasurer, a sheriff, an assessor, and a clerk (executive).  It has 5 Commissioners (legislative.)  Three District Court Judges and a court clerk serve Bryan County (judicial.)  The county is in the south central part of the state 4.2 miles East of Durant.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Atoka and Choctaw counties and Texas and Marshall and Johnston counties. 

The area of the county is 909 square miles.  It is 29 out of 77 in the state.  It ranks 19 out of 77 in population in the state.  It has a density of 50.7 persons per square mile making it 24 out of 77 in the state.  Bryan County has 56.1% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 69 enters from Atoka County on the north and exits into Texas on the south.  United States Highway 70 crosses east to west from Choctaw County to Marshall County.  United States Highway 75 is joined with United States Highway 69 from Atoka County to Texas.  The county is shaped like a bowl turned upside down.  Durant is in the western part of the county.  Durant is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 40.3% of the county population.  The county seat is pronounced DU-RANT.  This county is in the Durant Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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