2020 Map of Montpelier

About this map

Montpelier stands as a focal point in this portion of the Dakota prairie, situated where Main St and 1st St provide a small-town grid near the winding James River. The landscape is defined by the intersection of water and faith, with three distinct burial sites — Saint Huberts Cem, Montpelier Cem, and Presbyterian Cem — serving as significant markers for family historians. The surrounding terrain is carved by natural drainages like Beaver Cr and Streaman Coulee, which disrupt the otherwise orderly township and range grid. This geography illustrates a late-twentieth-century rural environment where local infrastructure remains closely tied to the original section-line roads, such as Co Hwy 63 and 49th St SE, even as the community maintains its identity on the border of Stutsman and LaMoure counties.