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natural manner over the last 200 years.

Their populations — about 150-200 people each — have not changed over most of that time.

Farming, grazing, and woodland still surround each village. Village-scale commercial and industrial development fits in this scheme, and a designated commercial area between Washington and Sperryville along U.S. 211 handles what does not fit.

Another interesting contrast between the two counties is the use of the word “village.”

In the draft of the Culpeper County Comprehensive Plan, the Town of Culpeper — which has a population close to 10,000 — is

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