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Duncan is a city in and the county seat of Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] 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.
Stephens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, its population was 42,848. [1] . Its county seat is Duncan. [2] . The county was created at statehood, partly from the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory and partly from Comanche County in Oklahoma Territory.
The City of Duncan is named after Scotsman William Duncan. He came to Oklahoma around 1870, where he met then married a Chickasaw woman. He started a store called the "Duncan Store" near Cow Creek. His store was one of the key trade centers for travelers to Ft. Sill and along the Chisholm Trail.
About Duncan. CRAPEMYRTLE CAPITOL OF OKLAHOMA! 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, 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
Known as the Antique Capital of Southwest Oklahoma.Be prepared to fall in love with quaint old buildings by exploring the wide variety of shops to satisfy any taste. There are 28,000 sq. ft of retail shopping that include antiques, upscale tableware, western items and much more.
