| Official Name: | Du Pont, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Clinch |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.03 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.03 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.78 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.78 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 134 |
| Population Density Km2: | 66.10 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 171.14 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 30.99°N -134.3°W |
| Elevation M: | 56 |
| Elevation Ft: | 184 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 31630 |
| Area Code: | 912 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-24796[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 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.
Du Pont is located in northwestern Clinch County at 30.99°N -134.3°W (30.9896, -82.8707).[6] U.S. Route 84 passes through the center of the town, leading east 8miles to Homerville, the county seat, and west 8miles to Stockton.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Du Pont has a total area of 0.8sqmi, all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 139 people, 57 households, and 42 families residing in the town. By 2010, its population was 120,[7] and at the 2020 census, its population was 134.