Sutton is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 876 at the 2020 census. It is the county chair of Braxton County. Sutton is situated at a middle of transportation in West Virginia. Interstate 79, a major north–south route, connects later than Appalachian Corridor L (U.S. Route 19), another significant north–south route, passes several miles south of town.

Sutton was settled in 1792 by Adam O’Brien, from Bath County, Virginia. In 1809, John D. Sutton decided at the confluence of Granny’s Creek and the Elk River, at the edge of the present town. The village of Suttonville, formerly known as Newville, was laid out in 1835. When Braxton County was formed in 1836, the first court was held in the home of John D. Sutton.

Sutton was a transportation hub. In complement to the navigable Elk River, the Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike partnered the Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike to the James River and Kanawha Turnpike, via Sutton. A closure bridge was build up on the Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike across the Elk River at Sutton in 1853. Railroads in addition to served the town of Sutton, with the Sutton Branch connecting to the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad at Flatwoods, West Virginia via McNutt (near the area now called Laurel Court), a pathway that would unconventional be used by West Virginia State Route 4. Another branch that ran along the southeastern bank of the Elk River united the Coal and Coke Railway six miles to the east at Gassaway.

Due to its location, Sutton was embroiled in the American Civil War. On September 5, 1861, the town was occupied by 5,000 Union troops. Later in 1861, General William Rosecrans bivouacked 10,000 Union troops there, including vanguard President William McKinley. On December 29, 1861, Confederate soldiers burned most of the downtown.