 Complete the following phrase:  By 1811 a post office had been established in the village. Two years later, the Ashbys Gap Turnpike was completed from Aldie to Middleburg, and in 1818 the Snickersville Turnpike opened, replacing the Mountain Road. By the census of 1820, Aldie had a population of 248 residents, making it the fourth largest town in the county. The population peaked in 1830 at 260notably more than half, 132, were slaves. With the incorporation of Middleburg the following year, Aldie began a slow decline. During the Civil War, the village itself and lands immediately to the west and northwest were the site of the 