Dupont is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
and
U.S. Post Office
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the executive branch of the Federal government of the Uni ...
in
Adams County,
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
, United States. The Dupont Post Office has the
ZIP Code 80024.
[
A post office called Dupont has been in operation since 1926. The community takes its name from the ]DuPont Company
DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours. The company played a major role in ...
, which owned property near the original town site.
Geography
Dupont is located at (39.838068,-104.912567).
See also
* Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area
Denver is the central city of a conurbation region in the U.S. state of Colorado. The conurbation includes one continuous region consisting of the six central counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson. The Denver re ...
* Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area
* Front Range Urban Corridor
* List of cities and towns in Colorado
References
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Unincorporated communities in Adams County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado
Denver metropolitan area
Company towns in Colorado