[3] The DuPont company underwent a corporate restructuring and expansion under Pierre S. du Pont beginning in 1903.

The company chose the old Fort Nisqually site as the location of the plant due in part to its proximity to roads, rail lines, and marine shipping lanes.

By 1917, the company town also had two stores as well as a butcher shop, club house, hotel, playground, school, and church.

In 1951, the company began selling the houses to the workers, and the residents chose to incorporate as the town of DuPont, Washington.

The district provides a well-preserved example of one of the many company towns that were built across rural Pierce County during the early 20th century when local economic activity was expanding in various industries.

The 1987 National Register of Historic Places nomination form notes that the DuPont Village is the only one of those company towns that "remains intact as a complete entity.