Montpelier Station is an unincorporated community in Orange County

Orange County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 25,881 people, 10,150 households, and 7,470 families residing in the county. The population density was 76 people per square mile . There were 11,354 housing units at an average density of 33 per square mile...

, Virginia

Virginia

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, United States

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. Montpelier Station is located along Virginia State Route 20

Virginia State Route 20

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 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west-southwest of Orange

Orange, Virginia

Orange is a town in Orange County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,721 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Orange County...

. Montpelier Station has a post office

Post office

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 with ZIP code

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 22957. The community is home to a historic railroad depot

Train station

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, which opened in 1910 and became an exhibit at James Madison

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's Montpelier estate in 2010. Rockwood

Rockwood (Montpelier Station, Virginia)

Rockwood is a historic house in the vicinity of Montpelier Station, Virginia. It was built in 1848 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 2001. Rockwood is a two-and-a-half-story house which was designed in a blend of the Gothic Revival and Greek Revival styles....

, a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places

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, is also located in Montpelier Station.