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But the formal splitting from Culpeper County in 1833 was a significant one and a change that wasn’t without angst. Back in the early 1800s, Culpeper County was huge even with Madison County taken out in 1793. If you were a businessman living in Chester Gap and you had to travel to Fairfax (later Culpeper), to take care of business at the Courthouse, it was a long haul. Roads were very rough and depending on the time of year, often impassable. Transportation was difficult and time-consuming. Perhaps harking back to a legacy of community activism, several citizen groups got together and began their lobbying efforts with the Legislature asking that a separate county be formed. There were 50-60 pages of petitions. But there were also 50-60 pages of petitions from citizens who saw no need for a separate county to be formed and lobbied just as diligently with the Legislature that this not hapnpn
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