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Duncan is a city and county seat of Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. Its population was 22,310 at the 2020 census . Centrally located in Stephens County, Duncan became the county seat after Oklahoma achieved statehood in 1907.
Duncan is a city in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 23,431 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Stephens County. The official birthdate of the town is considered to be when the first train arrived there on June 27, 1892.
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Duncan is forty miles south of Chickasha, thirty-two miles southeast of Lawton, eighty-one miles southwest of Oklahoma City, and forty-four miles north of the Oklahoma-Texas State line on U.S. Highway 81.
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Trip Planning. Follow Us! Duncan, OK. Once a small cow town in south-central Oklahoma, Duncan has expanded into a vibrant destination while preserving their Western roots. Set on the legendary Chisholm Trail, Duncan offers visitors the unique opportunity to see what life was like back in the day for the early cowboys and oilmen.
Originally a small trading post at the intersection of the old Chisholm Trail cattle road and the military passage between Fort Arbuckle and Fort Sill, Duncan has seen and participated in every phase of Oklahoma’s exciting history.
Duncan is a city and county seat of Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. Its population was 22,310 at the 2020 census. Centrally located in Stephens County, Duncan became the county seat after Oklahoma achieved statehood in 1907.
Duncan, city, seat (1907) of Stephens county, south-central Oklahoma, U.S. Once a cow town on the Chisholm Trail, it was founded officially in 1892, when the Rock Island Railroad reached the site. It was named for William Duncan, a pioneer trader and tailor from Fort Sill.
