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DuPont is a name used for many different things. It can be a family name. This name comes from France. One family with this name is very wealthy in the United States.

A very large company also uses this name. This company is one of the biggest chemical companies in the world. There was also a maker of car and boat engines. They were called Du Pont Motors. They worked from 1919 to 1931.

Many places in the United States have this name. You can find towns in Georgia and Ohio. There are also towns in Indiana and Pennsylvania. Some places are small villages. Others are cities, like DuPont in Washington. You can even find a forest in North Carolina.

Other things use the name too. There are subway stations in Canada and Washington, D.C. The U.S. Navy even had three ships with this name. You might see it at a high school in Kentucky. It is a name that appears in many ways.

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