Du Pont, Georgia

Du Pont is a town in Clinch County, Georgia, United States. The population was 134 in 2020.

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The town was renamed in 1874 after J. P. A. DuPont, an early settler.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It was incorporated as a city in 1889.

Geography

Du Pont is located in northwestern Clinch County at Template:Coord (30.9896, -82.8707).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> U.S. Route 84 passes through the center of the town, leading east Template:Convert to Homerville, the county seat, and west Template:Convert to Stockton.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Du Pont has a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 139 people, 57 households, and 42 families residing in the town. By 2010, its population was 120,<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> and at the 2020 census, its population was 134.