A resort that operated between 1901 and 1916 on Bluff Mountain (the local name for the eastern end of Chilhowee Mountain) was initially called “Dew Point” because dew seldom formed at its mountainside location.

[1][2] Early settlers within the Dupont community had surnames of Gibson, Graves, Latham, Reagan, Rogers and Thomas.

[3] Dupont Baptist Church, which began in the old Pickens School House, was founded in 1907 and still exists today.

The schoolhouse was renamed and refurbished as the Dupont Community Center.

Firehall Number Three of the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department is located next door to the Dupont Community Center.