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History · Dupont

Dupont’s post office opened in 1839, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 1880.

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Quick answers

How Dupont began, and where its name came from

When was Dupont founded?

1839

The Dupont post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1849.

First census: 192 in 18802020 census: 343187 years

How did Dupont get its name?

Dupont was named after the Du Pont family.

Founding year: the first Dupont post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1849. Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Dupont’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Dupont are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1839: 187 years of Dupont.
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Start Dupont’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dupont’s history is told.

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How Dupont came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Dupont.

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Dupont was founded in 1849. It was named after the Du Pont family.

Dupont was one of the towns visited by John Hunt Morgan on his raid.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Dupont, decade by decade

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Dupont, Indiana2016Dupont, Indiana
On the map

Dupont on the map, 1959 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dupont. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Dupont on the 1959 USGS mapDupont on the 1981 USGS map1959Vernon sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Dupont.

People over time

Dupont, census by census

010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 392

Between 192 and 392 people in every census since 1880.

7 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Dupont’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Dupont’s history

What year was Dupont founded?

The Dupont post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1849.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.