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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]
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]
Gilmer County. none; Grant County. Allen Evans (R-48th District) Greenbrier County. Thomas W. Campbell (D-28th District) Ray Canterbury (R-28th District) Hampshire County. Ruth Rowan (R-50th District) Hancock County. Joe DeLong (D-1st District) Randy Swartzmiller (D-1st District) Hardy County. Harold Michael (D-47th District) Harrison County
Burnsville is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Little Kanawha River and Saltlick Creek. [5] The population was 401 at the 2020 census . Burnsville was incorporated in 1902 by the Circuit Court and named for Captain John Burns who operated the first sawmill in that section of the state and who ...
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]
Glendon is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Glendon is located along West Virginia Route 4 and the Elk River, 10.9 miles (17.5 km) west-southwest of Sutton. [2] Glendon had a post office, which opened on July 31, 1889, and closed on November 5, 1994. [3]