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Durant is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Nebraska, in the United States.
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History
Durant was established when the Union Pacific Railroad was extended to that point, during the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
In popular culture
A town called Durant, Nebraska features at the end of season 1 and the beginning of season 2 of the AMC-TV series Hell on Wheels. A nod to the real-life Durant, Polk County, Nebraska. Season 2, episode 2 is titled "Durant, Nebraska". In this episode of the tv-series the town of Durant, Nebraska is ransacked by Indians. The town was never rebuilt. In real life the Indian attack was much worse with the Indians raping and killing all the women and men. When finished they took all the whiskey and firearms before burning everything in sight.