Brake, West Virginia

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Brake is an unincorporated community on the South Fork South Branch Potomac River in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA. The community is named for the family of early landowner Johann Jacob Brake ("Brechtel" in German) who emigrated from southern Germany in the early 1700s. The town once included a sawmill, gristmill, distillery, blacksmith shop, and post office. The original log house used as a post office in the early- to mid-1800s still stands. The Brake Cemetery harbors the remains of Brakes, Simons, Sees, and probably others whose stones have been lost. Brake Falls on Dumpling Run once provided power for the sawmill and gristmill.

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	Hardy County, West Virginia
Municipalities	Moorefield \| Wardensville
Unincorporated communities	Arkansaw \| Baker \| Basore \| Bass \| Baughman Settlement \| Bean Settlement \| Brake \| Cunningham \| Durgon \| Fisher \| Flats \| Fort Run \| Inkerman \| Kessel \| Lost City \| Lost River \| Mathias \| McCauley \| McNeill \| Milam \| Needmore \| Old Fields \| Perry \| Peru \| Rig \| Rock Oak \| Rockland \| Tannery \| Taylor \| Walnut Bottom
Natural features and areas	Cacapon River \| George Washington National Forest \| Grassy Lick Run \| Great North Mountain \| Kettle Creek \| Lost River \| Lost River State Park \| Mill Creek Mountain \| North River \| Patterson Creek Mountain \| Short Mountain \| South Branch Potomac River \| South Branch Wildlife Management Area \| South Fork South Branch Potomac River \| Trout Pond \| Trout Run \| Warden Lake

	The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Counties	Berkeley \| Grant \| Hampshire \| Hardy \| Jefferson \| Mineral \| Morgan \| Pendleton
Communities	Bayard \| Berkeley Springs \| Bolivar \| Capon Bridge \| Carpendale \| Charles Town \| Elk Garden \| Franklin \| Harpers Ferry \| Hedgesville \| Keyser \| Martinsburg \| Moorefield \| Paw Paw \| Petersburg \| Piedmont \| Ridgeley \| Romney \| Shepherdstown \| Wardensville
Attractions	Appalachian National Scenic Trail \| Berkeley Springs State Park \| Cacapon Resort State Park \| Cacapon River \| Capon Springs \| Charles Town Races & Slots \| Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park \| Fort Ashby \| Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches \| George Washington National Forest \| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park \| Indian Mound Cemetery \| Jennings Randolph Lake \| Lost River \| Lost River State Park \| Monongahela National Forest \| Mount Storm Lake \| Northwestern Turnpike \| Potomac River \| Potomac State College \| Seneca Rocks \| Shenandoah River \| Shepherdstown National Historic District \| Shepherd University \| Sleepy Creek Lake \| Smoke Hole Caverns \| South Branch Potomac River \| Spruce Knob \| Summit Point Motorsports Park \| The Trough \| Trout Pond \| Tuscarora Trail \| Washington Heritage Trail