Du Pont is a town in Clinch County, Georgia, United States. The population was 120 at the 2010 census.
According to the 1916 History of Clinch County the town was first settled around 1856 as Lawton, on the route of the newly chartered Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. During the Civil War, a branch line from Lawton to Live Oak, Florida, was built to assist the movement of Confederate troops and supplies, but was not completed until 1865, when the war was nearly over. The town was renamed in 1874 after J. P. A. DuPont, an early settler. It was incorporated as a city in 1889.
Name: | Du Pont town |
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LSAD Code: | 43 |
LSAD Description: | town (suffix) |
State: | Georgia |
County: | Clinch County |
Elevation: | 184 ft (56 m) |
Total Area: | 0.78 sq mi (2.03 km²) |
Land Area: | 0.78 sq mi (2.03 km²) |
Water Area: | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²) |
Total Population: | 134 |
Population Density: | 171.14/sq mi (66.10/km²) |
ZIP code: | 31630 |
Area code: | 912 |
FIPS code: | 1324796 |
GNISfeature ID: | 0355562 |
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Geography
Du Pont is located in northwestern Clinch County at 30°59.4′N 82°52.3′W / 30.9900°N 82.8717°W / 30.9900; -82.8717 (30.9896, -82.8707). U.S. Route 84 passes through the center of the town, leading east 8 miles (13 km) to Homerville, the county seat, and west 8 miles (13 km) to Stockton.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Du Pont has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km), all of it land.
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