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==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|516|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|511|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.5|sqmi}} (1.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_54.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 23, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> In 1863, West Virginia's counties were divided into [[civil township]]s, with the intention of encouraging local government. This proved impractical in the heavily rural state, and in 1872 the townships were converted into [[minor civil division|magisterial districts]].<ref>Otis K. Rice & Stephen W. Brown, ''West Virginia: A History'', 2nd ed., University Press of Kentucky, Lexington (1993), p. 240.</ref> Braxton County was originally divided into four townships: Clay, Franklin, Lincoln, and Washington, which became magisterial districts in 1872. All four districts were renamed in 1873: Clay District became Kanawha, Franklin became Holly, Lincoln became Otter, and Washington became Birch. Two years later, Salt Lick District was formed from part of Kanawha. The two districts were reconsolidated between 1910 and 1920, when the territory of Kanawha District was added to Salt Lick; otherwise they remained stable for the next sixty years. Between 1980 and 1990, the county was reorganized into four new magisterial districts: Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western.<ref>[[United States Census Bureau]], [[United States Census|U.S. Decennial Census]], Tables of Minor Civil Divisions in West Virginia, 1870β2010.</ref> ===Major highways=== * [[Image:I-79 (WV).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 79#West Virginia|Interstate 79]] * [[Image:US 19.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 19#West Virginia|U.S. Highway 19]] * [[Image:WV-4.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 4]] * [[Image:WV-5.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 5]] * [[Image:WV-15.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 15]] ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Lewis County, West Virginia|Lewis County]] (northeast) * [[Webster County, West Virginia|Webster County]] (southeast) * [[Nicholas County, West Virginia|Nicholas County]] (south) * [[Clay County, West Virginia|Clay County]] (southwest) * [[Calhoun County, West Virginia|Calhoun County]] (west) * [[Gilmer County, West Virginia|Gilmer County]] (northwest)
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