Dupont, PA Home for Rent

Sitting near Interstates 81 and 476, Dupont has maintained itself as a small town while the infrastructure evolves around it. Established under its current name in 1917, the area started as a Polish mining town called Smithville. It became Dupont when the explosives company of the same name was built and became an essential part of the mining industry at the time. “A lot of people have residents who came over from Europe, and their families just stayed here,” says Richard Bekanich, a lifetime borough resident. Some houses have been converted in ...