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Bramwell is a town in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States, along the Bluestone River. The population was 277 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,578.

Bramwell town overview:
Name:	Bramwell town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	West Virginia
County:	Mercer County
Elevation:	2,251 ft (686 m)
Total Area:	0.58 sq mi (1.51 km²)
Land Area:	0.56 sq mi (1.44 km²)
Water Area:	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km²)
Total Population:	277
Population Density:	607.21/sq mi (234.60/km²)
ZIP code:	24715
Area code:	304, 681
FIPS code:	5409796
GNISfeature ID:	1536303

Online Interactive Map

Bramwell online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

In the 1880s the region around Bramwell began to rapidly grow as a coal mining center with several coal camps operating in the area. The town of Bramwell was officially established in 1888, and was named after J.H. Bramwell, a civil engineer. In the late 1800s the town acquired some notoriety for having the largest number of millionaires per capita in the United States. Numerous large homes were built in the town by wealthy coal operators.

On January 7, 1910, part of the downtown area was destroyed by a major fire. Twenty-one buildings were burned to the ground. In 1984, the town was named to the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Many of the houses are early 20th century in design. There is a museum largely devoted to the local coal and train history of the area.

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Geography

Bramwell is located at 37°19′32″N 81°18′45″W / 37.32556°N 81.31250°W / 37.32556; -81.31250 (37.325425, -81.312474). The town is situated along the Bluestone River, just east of the Virginia-West Virginia state line. U.S. Route 52 passes through the eastern part of Bramwell, connecting the town with Bluefield to the south and Northfork the northwest. Pinnacle Rock State Park lies just southeast of Bramwell.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.59 square miles (1.53 km), of which 0.56 square miles (1.45 km) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km) is water.

Bramwell is located 0.3 miles (0.5 km) from an access point to the Pocohontas Trail system, a component of the Hatfield-McCoy trails. The Hatfield-McCoy trails include over 700 miles (1127 km) of primitive roads typically utilized by dirt bikes and All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs). These trails are managed by the Hatfield-McCoy Regional Trail Authority.