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Braxton County, West Virginia property search

Search an address or an owner in Braxton County, West Virginia with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 14,233 lots are mapped here, covering 325,110 acres. 1,422 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Braxton County received $552,000 in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 136 recipients. 54 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Germany.

14,233
Lots mapped
325,110
Acres
1,422
Institutional

Land use in Braxton County

Parcels and acreage by land use in Braxton County, West Virginia
Land useParcelsAcres
100 - Residential Vacant5,14395,938
101 - Residential 1 Family4,22460,863
112 - Active Farm1,55788,981
108 - Mobile Home1,24511,889
109 - Auxiliary Improvement56724,114
600 - Vacant Exempt Land4188,289
102 - Residential 2 Family1212,954
300 - Vacant Commercial Land102375
110 - Salvage Value Building662,580
620 - Religious63237
373 - Retail-Single Occupancy6255
374 - Retail-Multiple Occupancy4112

Largest landowners in Braxton County

Largest landowners by acreage in Braxton County, West Virginia
OwnerParcelsAcres
WEST VIRGINIA STATE OF176,616
MIKE ROSS INC554,564
HEARTWOOD FORESTLAND FUND VII LLC184,554
SUN LUMBER COMPANY162,297
STONESTREET CHARLOLAIS RANCH INC12,193
WACO OIL & GAS CO INC332,185
WESTERN POCAHONTAS PROPERTIES LTD PARTNERSHIP11,904
POLINO ENTERPRISES INC181,652
BECKWITH LUMBER CO INC231,559
R L COLLINS LLC251,406

Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in West Virginia

Federal farm payments in Braxton County

$552K
Paid in 2025
136
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Braxton County, West Virginia, 2025
ProgramPaid
Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24$229K
Livestock Forage Disaster Program$164K
Livestock Forage Program$73K
Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish ELAP$52K
Livestock Indeminity Payments Program$15K
Non-Insured Assistance Program$12K

USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county

Foreign-held farmland in Braxton County

54
Acres disclosed
1
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Braxton County, West Virginia, 2024
CountryAcres
Germany54

USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county

Conservation and the power grid

200
CRP acres, 2025
7
Substations
138 kV
Highest voltage

Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.

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Nearby counties in West Virginia

  • Gilmer County7,662
  • Lewis County15,832
  • Webster County10,790
  • Calhoun County7,878
  • Clay County9,025
  • Nicholas County24,466
  • Upshur County19,277
  • Roane County14,404

All West Virginia counties

Braxton County last published these records on July 18, 2025. Assessment records, not a survey.