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one mile. Run that same distance out to the top of Big Mulky Mountain to get two sides of a square mile. Unroll the landscape back toward you for the square mile. Picture 29 people living in that space in 11 houses (2.65 people per house).
Since Virginia sets no lower limit for a county's population, and Highland County still exists with a population of 2,480 only people, maybe that might be a good "too-few" figure for Rappahannock County.
Or, maybe another way would be to take an average of the 1999 estimated population figures for the above-listed eight counties.
97.9%