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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.
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 Flatwoods monster (also known as the Braxton County monster, [1] Braxie, [2] or the Phantom of Flatwoods), [3] in West Virginia folklore, is a creature reported to have been sighted in the town of Flatwoods in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, on September 12, 1952, after a bright light crossed the night sky.
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 ...
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]
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 ...
In the fall of 1863, William Lowther Jackson, the cousin of "Stonewall" Jackson, led a raiding party of 800 men into central West Virginia to capture the strategic "fort" at Bulltown which overlooked an important crossing of the Little Kanawha River. The goal was to cut Federal communications between the Greenbrier and Kanawha Valleys.
Unincorporated communities in Braxton County, West Virginia (46 P) This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 03:43 (UTC). Text is ...