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'''Bruceton Mills''' is a town in [[Preston County, West Virginia|Preston County]], [[West Virginia]], [[United States]] along Big Sandy Creek. The population was 85 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. An early settler, John M. Hoffman, named this community for his stepfather, George Bruce, who claimed direct descendance from [[Robert the Bruce]], [[King of Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Morton|first1=Oren Frederic|last2=Cole|first2=J. R.|title=A History of Preston County, West Virginia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hBIwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA245|year=1914|publisher=Journal Publishing Company|page=245}}</ref> The post office existed in 1870. Bruceton Mills is the only place in the [[United States]] with this name.
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