Avant, OK

Avant is an incorporated community in eastern Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 301 residents. Ben Avant, a native of Gonzales, Texas, married Rosalie Rogers, a Cherokee - Osage, and established a ranch in 1896. The Avant oil field was discovered in 1904. The local economy has been supported by agriculture and oil production. The through line in Avant is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Avant makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Avant is 26 miles southeast of Pawhuska and 30 miles north of Tulsa. Avant lies along Bird Creek.