Durant, Oklahoma: World's Largest Peanut
There are larger goobers, but none larger in Oklahoma.City Hall
- Address:
- 300 W. Evergreen St., Durant, OK
- Directions:
- City Hall. US 75/69 to town, then east on US 70/Main St. Drive about 1.5 miles, then left on 3rd Ave. The peanut is one block north, on the corner of 3rd and Evergreen.
- Phone:
- 580-924-7222
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The peanut statue is no longer there; local police say it was taken down because college kids kept stealing it.
[Marie McCarthy, 04/13/2010]
World's Largest Peanut While visiting Ft. Washita, Oklahoma, we saw signs proclaiming the "World's Largest Peanut." I thought it would be a real peanut, an agricultural freak. Instead, we found a cast aluminum peanut perched atop a stone monument. We still laugh about this ridiculous monument. Here is a picture of me (I'm the guy in the Amish hat) and a family friend, Alex.
[Jim Fritz, 03/02/2009]Here's a much larger peanut -- though still not a home-grown goober.
World's Largest Peanut While driving through Oklahoma, I came across the World's Largest Peanut in front of the city hall at the quiet city of Durant. Aside from the Peanut, the only memorable thing about Durant was that a truck driving on the wrong side of the road ran me and a mini-van off the highway.
[Stephen Cheng, 04/04/1999]Durant's goober is part of our Big Peanut battle, but by no means the winner. Bigger nuts rule in Georgia...
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June 2010: The peanut's reported to have returned!