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Welcome to Banty ...

Banty is located in Bryan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Banty, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Banty is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Banty lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Banty: 580

Communities Also Named Banty ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Banty - it's located in Arkansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Banty.

Communities near Banty ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Banty.

  • Durant
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Caddo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bokchito
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Boswell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Tushka
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Tushka is located in Atoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tushka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
  • Bennington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kenefic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Caney
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Armstrong
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Armstrong is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
  • Matoy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Matoy is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoy

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Banty. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Banty.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Banty. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Banty.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Banty. See our Newspapers Page for Banty.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Banty ...

Looking for more information about Banty? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Banty, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Banty.

Adding Banty to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Banty in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Banty was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Banty post office opened in 1901. The Banty post office closed in 1949.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Banty.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Bryan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Banty - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/