Braxton County, West Virginia

Founding: 1836
Parent counties: Kanawha, Lewis, Nicholas, and Randolph

Namesake: Carter Braxton, Virginia politician
Seat: Sutton (1836–)

Land area: 511 square miles

Population (2020): 12,447

Population (historic): 2,575 (1840); 4,992 (1860); 9,787 (1880); 18,904 (1900); 22,579 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1920; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Four towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,224 (16.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 25.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $669
Average outbuilding value (1930): $327
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,599
Average farm size (1920): 64.4 acres
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Sutton

Namesake: John Sutton, owner of the town site

Founding: 1835 (platting as Newville); 1836 (post office)

Population (2020): 876

Population (historic): 279 (1880); 864 (1900); 1,205 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1890–1910; 1920s; 1960–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 190 (33.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Michael Smith Log House (1848/1878). 1088 Brush Run Road.
2. Cunningham Log House (c. 1835). 1 Burnsville Lake Road.

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