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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.
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
In these counties, the new magisterial districts are used only for the allocation of county officials, and the collection of census data; the former magisterial districts continue to exist in the form of tax districts. [6] A List of the current and former magisterial districts of West Virginia, sorted by county: [1] [7]
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. The locations of National Register ...
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]
Calhoun County. William Stemple (D-33rd District) Clay County. none; Doddridge County. none; Fayette County. Tom Louisos (D-29th District) David G. Perry (D-29th District) John Pino (D-29th District) Gilmer County. none; Grant County. Allen Evans (R-48th District) Greenbrier County. Thomas W. Campbell (D-28th District) Ray Canterbury (R-28th ...
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 area.
Braxton County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War (3 P) B. Buildings and structures in Braxton County, West Virginia (5 C, 2 P) E. Education in Braxton County ...