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Grafton, NH
Community Contact Town of Grafton
Board of Selectmen
Town Office Building, PO Box 299
Grafton, NH 03240

Telephone (603) 523-7700
Fax (603) 523-4026
E-mail grafton_twn@endor.com
Web Site www.townofgrafton.com

Municipal Office Hours Selectmen: Monday through Thursday, 8 am - 3:30 pm

County Grafton
Labor Market Area Lebanon NH-VT Micro-NECTA, NH Portion
Tourism Region Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
Planning Commission Upper Valley/Lake Sunapee
Regional Development Grafton County Economic Development Council

Election Districts  
US Congress
District 2
Executive Council
District 1
State Senate
District 5
State Representative
Grafton County District 10
Incorporated: 1778

Origin: This town was named for Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, Earl of Arlington and Euston, Viscount Thetford, and Baron Sudbury. The Duke was a pro-American member of English government prior to the Revolution, and related to Governor Benning Wentworth. Grafton County and Thetford, Vermont, were also named in honor of the Duke. Grantees of the initial 1761 charter voted to surrender their grant in 1762. The land was regranted in 1769 to new colonists, including John Hancock and James Otis, well-known Boston patriots.

Villages and Place Names: East Grafton, Grafton Center, Robinson Corner, Cardigan Station

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 403 residents in 1790

Population Trends: Population change for Grafton totaled 696 over 50 years, from 442 in 1950 to 1,138 in 2000. The largest decennial percent change was 100 percent between 1970 and 1980, doubling the population over those ten years. The 2007 Census estimate for Grafton was 1,126 residents, which ranked 175th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 29.9 persons per square mile of land area. Grafton contains 41.6 square miles of land area and 0.8 square miles of inland water area.
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