# Du Pont powder works (Louviers)

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/du-pont-powder-works-louviers/
- Also known as: Du Pont Company
- Kind: Cheese factories, creameries and other works
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.4811, -105.0121 (from a cited description (good to a few hundred feet))

- Updated: 2026-10-17

## What we know

Du Pont began building a branch explosives factory on Plum Creek in 1906, on land bought from Jacob C. Jones, near Denver's labor and the mountain mines; commercial production began in 1908, and the company planned and owned the town of Louviers until the 1960s. Dynamite production stopped in 1971 (county map, citing Appleby, S-0123).

## Where it was

On the fringe of the Divide outline (3.8 miles outside its edge), included as a fringe place. Pin on the Douglas County Historic Resource Map (DCHR-045; S-0123). Where that map and ours place the same site, the pins mostly fall within about 300 feet. Good to a few hundred feet.

Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.

## Sources

- S-0123: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0123

## Nearby

- [Louviers](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/louviers/): 0.3 mi southeast
- [Louviers Community Church](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/louviers-community-church/): 0.4 mi southeast
- [Louviers Village Club](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/louviers-village-club/): 0.4 mi southeast
- [Louviers School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/louviers-school/): 0.7 mi southeast
- [Louviers depot (Toluca)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/louviers-depot-toluca/): 0.8 mi east
- [Kellytown](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/kellytown/): 0.9 mi east

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.