Do you know of Montpelier ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Montpelier. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Montpelier.

We found mention of Montpelier as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Orange County, Virginia.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named Montpelier ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Montpelier.

There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Montpelier.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Charles City County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Montpelier [Charles City County].
- Hanover County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Montpelier [Hanover County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Stanislaus County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Montpelier [Stanislaus County].
- Georgia
  - Baldwin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Montpelier [Baldwin County].
  - Bibb County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Montpelier [Bibb County].
- Idaho
  - Bear Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Montpelier [Bear Lake County].
- Indiana
  - Blackford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Montpelier [Blackford County].
- Iowa
  - Muscatine County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Montpelier [Muscatine County].
- Kentucky
  - Adair County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Montpelier [Adair County].
- Louisiana
  - Saint Helena Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Montpelier [Saint Helena Parish].
- Maine
  - Knox County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Montpelier [Knox County].
- Maryland
  - Prince George's County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Montpelier [Prince George's County].
- Mississippi
  - Clay County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Montpelier [Clay County].
- North Carolina
  - Richmond County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Montpelier [Richmond County].
- North Dakota
  - Stutsman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Montpelier [Stutsman County].
- Ohio
  - Williams County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Montpelier [Williams County].
- Vermont
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Montpelier [Washington County].
- West Virginia
  - Harrison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Montpelier [Harrison County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Montpelier ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Montpelier:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Montpelier - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Montpelier.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/52872 (Place Name: Montpelier (RR name for Montpelier Station))

County: Orange (FIPS State/County: 51/137)

Class: X3

More Orphans in Orange County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Orange County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Montpelier could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.