Valliant is a town in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 819 at the 2020 census, At the time of its founding, Valliant was located in Towson County, a part of the Apukshunnubbee District, one of three administrative super-regions comprising the Choctaw Nation.
A cotton gin opened in 1903, and continued operation until the 1930s. In 1904, the town incorporated and elected its first mayor. A newspaper began publishing in 1905. By 1920, the community had two banks, three hotels and nearly 20 other businesses. and originally known as Choctaw Lumber Co., was a timber harvesting and processing company primarily in Oklahoma and Arkansas which started with a purchase of forest in 1903 near Valliant. The company grew to own 1.75 million acres of timberland, making it one of the largest family-owned landholding entities in the United States before it was sold to the Weyerhaeuser Company in 1969.
Geography
The town is located in southwestern McCurtain County on U.S. Route 70, from the Choctaw - McCurtin county line. It is north of the Red River and the Oklahoma-Texas state line. Idabel is southeast on Route 70, and Hugo is to the west.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Valliant has an area of , of which , or 0.31%, are water.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Valliant had a population of 819. The median age was 40.8 years. 23.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 73.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 65.4 males age 18 and over.
There were 319 households in Valliant, of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 37.0% were married-couple households, 17.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 38.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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| White || 513 || 62.6%
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| Black or African American || 104 || 12.7%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 103 || 12.6%
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| Asian || 4 || 0.5%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 13 || 1.6%
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| Two or more races || 82 || 10.0%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 22 || 2.7%
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2000 census
According to the census
Transportation
Valliant is served by US Route 70 and Old State Highway 98, a prior alignment of the current Oklahoma State Highway 98.
The town is a rail connection point, with the Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad, Kiamichi Railroad, and WFEC Railroad all having interchange points at the location.
McCurtain County Regional Airport (FAA ID: 4o4) is about southeast and features a paved runway.