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area witmn the proposed town must not be excessive. For example, Sperryville may want to incorporate itself. But Sperryville might be hard pressed to round up 1,000 residents in the village. What if Sperryville extended itself down F.T. Valley? The Commonwealth of Virginia might look upon this as a pretty fishy move. A boundary line drawn around Sperryville proper would be okay, but a boundary line that also included the length and width of F.T. Valley all the way to the Madison County border would be ludicrous.
Communities elsewhere in the United States, though, have tried all sorts of similar ploys: rounding up non-contiguous settlements (Sperryville capturing Slate Mills); using a highway as a connection (Sperryville rounding up Woodville via Route 522); including a large near-by business to provide a good tax base (Sperryville finding a cash-cow in the Co-op); etc.
Courts consider territorial identity, contiguity, and land use, noting encroachments on farmland.
The third factor considered is whether the population density of the county in which the proposed town is to be located does not exceed 200 persons per square mile. This can be met. Rappahannock County’s population density is only about 26 persons per square mile.
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