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pie come here is because Rappahannock wasn’t subject to the extreme growth the surrounding areas are experiencing."
The Piedmont region endured a population increase that began sometime around 2001. Faced with high homes prices in Northern Virginia, many Fairfax-area residents moved south to more rural areas.
Developers met the demand, and built huge subdivisions for the Northern Virginia refugees'. In the process, many counties experienced the most rapid growth in their history.
Culpeper grew approximately 22 percent between 2000 and 2006, making it the region’s fastest-growing county, according to the Rappahannock-Rapid an Regional Commission. Orange County ranks second, followed by Fauquier and Madison.
Those estimates show that Rappahannock’s population actually decreased.
McCarthy disputed the RRRC numbers, and claimed that Rappahannock’s actual population stood at 7,100. If true, that means the county grew by 1 percent since 2000 - still far below its neighbors. The county could even double its growth rate, without much change.
Development once tried entering Rappahannock, said McCarthy. Several developers in the late 1950s divided land into
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