Back مقاطعة براكستون (فرجينيا الغربية) Arabic مقاطعة براكستون، ويست ڤيرچينيا ARZ Braxton County, West Virginia BAR Бракстън (окръг, Западна Вирджиния) Bulgarian ব্রাক্সটন কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া BPY Braxton Gông (West Virginia) CDO Бракстон (гуо, Малхбузен Виргини) CE Braxton County CEB Braxton County, Gorllewin Virginia Welsh Braxton County German
Braxton County | |
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 The Braxton County Courthouse in Sutton in 2007 | |
 Seal  Logo | |
 Location within the U.S. state of West Virginia | |
 West Virginia's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 38°42′N 80°44′W / 38.7°N 80.73°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  West Virginia |
| Founded | January 15, 1836 |
| Named for | Carter Braxton |
| Seat | Sutton |
| Largest town | Sutton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 516.28 sq mi (1,337.2 km2) |
| • Land | 510.74 sq mi (1,322.8 km2) |
| • Water | 5.54 sq mi (14.3 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 12,447 |
| • Estimate (2021) | 12,247  |
| • Density | 24.37/sq mi (9.41/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Website | www |
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.
In 2010, the center of population of West Virginia was in northern Braxton County.[4]
Important salt works were located at Bulltown and here, in 1772, Captain Bull and his family and friendly Delaware Indians were massacred by frontiersmen.[5] Jesse Hughes helped Jeremiah Carpenter[6] track and kill the Indians responsible for the Carpenter massacre. Jeremiah was a notable fiddle player who wrote a song Shelvin’ Rock about the experience of escaping to rock shelter.
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- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 23, 2001. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Centers of Population by State: 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
- ^ The Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia from 1768 to 1795 1915 The Republican Publishing Company Hamilton, OH
- ^ "e-WV | Carpenter Family". West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 21, 2020.