Sutton, WV

Sutton is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 876 residents. Sutton is the county seat of Braxton County. Sutton is situated at a center of transportation in West Virginia. The short version is that Sutton carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Sutton: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Interstate 79, a major north–south route, connects with Appalachian Corridor L, another significant north–south route, passes several miles south of town. Sutton settled at the confluence of Granny's Creek and the Elk River, at the edge of the present town. In addition to the navigable Elk River, the Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike connected the Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike to the James River and Kanawha Turnpike, via Sutton.