Orange, Virginia

Orange is a town in, and county seat of, Orange County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,721 at the 2010 census, representing a 14.5% increase since the 2000 census. Orange is 28 miles northeast of Charlottesville, 88 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., and 4 miles east of James Madison's plantation of Montpelier.

Founded around 1750, the town was known in the 18th and 19th centuries as Orange Court House.

Orange Court House in The Guns of the South
Orange Court House was where the Army of Northern Virginia received the first shipment of AK-47s from the Rivington Men. These weapons would ensure Confederate victory in the Second American Revolution.