In January 1848 three petitions were submitted to the Virginia General Assembly from businessmen in Culpeper County for incorporation of an "Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company".

In March 1848 the Virginia General Assembly chartered the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company.

The town in which the station lies began in the small milling community known as Waugh's Ford.

In September 1864, the federal cavalry burnt facilities at Mitchell and Rapidan Stations.

The original line between Orange and Gordonsville was leased to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.