Rapelje, MT

Rapelje is an unincorporated community and census-Designated Place in northern Stillwater County, Montana, United States. The 2020 census counted 88 residents. Rapelje was named for J. M. Rapelje High School's team name is the Renegades. That mix gives Rapelje a clear local shape within Montana, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Rapelje, general manager and vice president of the Northern Pacific Railway. Rapelje was first established as a town where local railroad workers of the Northern Pacific Railway would live in the late 1800s.