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| Name | Braxton |
| Alt names | Braxton | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 38.717°N 80.7°W |
| Located in | West Virginia, United States (1863 - ) |
| Also located in | Virginia, United States (1836 - 1863) |
| See also | Clay, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kanawha, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lewis, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Nicholas, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Webster, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Braxton County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,523. [1] Braxton County was formed in 1836 from parts of Lewis, Kanawha, and Nicholas counties and named for Carter Braxton, a Virginia statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence. The county seat is Sutton. The center of population of West Virginia is located in Braxton County, in the town of Gassaway [2].
Important salt works were formerly located at Bulltown and here, in 1772, Captain Bull and his family and friendly Delaware Indians were massacred by frontiersmen. Jesse Hughes helped Jeremiah Carpenter and 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.
Timeline
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| 1836 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1836 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1836 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1836 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1836 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1858 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1863 | Effective date for move from Virginia to West Virginia | Source:Wikipedia
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1840 | 2,575
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| 1850 | 4,212
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| 1860 | 4,992
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| 1870 | 6,480
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| 1880 | 9,787
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| 1890 | 13,928
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| 1900 | 18,904
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| 1910 | 23,023
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| 1920 | 23,973
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| 1930 | 22,579
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| 1940 | 21,658
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| 1950 | 18,082
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| 1960 | 15,152
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| 1970 | 12,666
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| 1980 | 13,894
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| 1990 | 12,998
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Research Tips
Virginia Vital Records Online has Braxton County records.
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