Grafton

Web site: http://www.townofgrafton.com/

Population: 923 (1990); 1,138 (2000)

Overview
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.

Geography
Region: Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
County: Grafton
Distance from:
o Manchester, NH: 52 miles
o Boston, MA: 104 miles
o New York, NY: 294 miles
o Montreal, Quebec: 230 miles

Town Hall
Town Hall
E Grafton Rd
Grafton, NH 03240
(603) 523-7218

Grafton Town Clerk
7 Library Rd
Grafton, NH 03240
(603) 523-7270

Municipal Information
Government: Selectmen
Planning Board: Elected
Police Department: Full time
Fire Department: Not full time
Nearest Hospital: New London in New London, 21 miles

Election Districts
State House District: 17
State Senate District: 5
Executive Council District: 1
U.S. Congress House of Representatives District: 2

Schools
Mascoma Valley Regional School District
http://www.mascoma.k12.nh.us/

Services
Grafton Fire Department
RR 4
Grafton, NH 03240
(603) 523-7500

Grafton Police Department
7 Library Rd
Grafton, NH 03240
(603) 523-7667

Grafton Free Public Library
Library Rd
Grafton, NH 03240
(603) 523-7865

Utilities
Electric: PSNH; NH Electric Coop.
Gas: Valley Propane
Water Supplier: Private wells
Sanitation: Private septic
Curbside Trash Pickup: No
Telephone: Verizon
Cable television service: No