Burnsville, WV

Burnsville is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Little Kanawha River and Saltlick Creek. The 2020 census counted 401 residents. 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 established the town shortly after the close of the American Civil War. Burnsville was named "All West Virginia City" in 1976. In Burnsville, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Burnsville, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places.