Du Pont, Georgia

Du Pont, Georgia
Town
Du Pont Town Hall
Location in Clinch County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 30°59.4′N 82°52.3′W / 30.9900°N 82.8717°W / 30.9900; -82.8717
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Clinch
Area [1]
• Total	0.78 sq mi (2.03 km2)
• Land	0.78 sq mi (2.03 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	184 ft (56 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	134
• Density	171.14/sq mi (66.10/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	31630
Area code	912
FIPS code	13-24796[2]
GNIS feature ID	0355562[3]

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.^[4] The town was renamed in 1874 after J. P. A. DuPont, an early settler.^[5] It was incorporated as a city in 1889.