Brake is an unincorporated community on the South Fork South Branch Potomac River in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States.

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-19th century still stands.

Brake Falls on Dumpling Run once provided power for the sawmill and gristmill.

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