Exchange is an

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Braxton County Braxton County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,447. The county seat is Sutton. The county was formed in 1836 from parts of Lewis, Kanawha, and Nicholas counties ...

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

, United States that has the ZIP code of 26619. The town was a stopping point on the former Coal and Coke Railway. As of 2019, the outlying areas surrounding Exchange are still populated, but the main street through town is blocked. On August 25, 2023, a fire started in one of the buildings and spread to both sides, resulting in the destruction of the main structures and smaller storage buildings.

Toponymy

An early variant name was Millburn. The present name was suggested on account of ownership of the local mill and other enterprises frequently changing hands. File:Exchange in the early 1900s.jpg, Exchange in the early 1900s. File:Arnold Lane, Exchange, West Virginia.jpg, Arnold Lane, the main street through Exchange.

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West Virginia Division of Culture and History: Exchange
Unincorporated communities in Braxton County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{BraxtonCountyWV-geo-stub