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Braxton County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,447. [1] The county seat is Sutton. [2] The county was formed in 1836 [3] from parts of Lewis, Kanawha, and Nicholas counties and named for Carter Braxton, a Virginia statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of West Virginia.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 233 law enforcement agencies employing 3,382 sworn police officers, about 186 for each 100,000 residents.
GNIS feature ID. 1555762 [4] Website. suttonwv.org. The Braxton County Courthouse in 2007. Sutton is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 876 at the 2020 census. [2] It is the county seat of Braxton County. [5] Sutton is situated at a center of transportation in West Virginia.
July 10, 1987. Sutton Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia. It encompasses 85 contributing buildings and two contributing structures covering eleven square blocks. The district includes the commercial, ecclesiastical, and civic core of the town and surrounding residential ...
Webster County was formed from parts of Nicholas, Braxton, and Randolph counties in Virginia through the approval of an act of the Virginia General Assembly during its 1859-1860 session. Movement toward the formation of this county began in 1851. [4] [5] Webster became part of West Virginia on June 20, 1863.
Location of Braxton County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Braxton County, West Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
Gassaway is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 769 at the 2020 census. [2] Gassaway was incorporated in 1905 and named for Henry Gassaway Davis, the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. [5] The center of population of West Virginia is located approximately 7 miles ...
September 28, 2006. Michael Smith House is a historic home located near Cedarville, Braxton County, West Virginia. The original section, measuring 22 feet by 19 feet, was built in 1848, and constructed of large hand-hewn logs supported by a foundation of rock pillars spaced about ten feet apart. In 1878, a log addition, 18 feet by 19 feet, was ...