Incorporated: 1778
Population: 1,149
County Name: Grafton
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Grafton
PO Box 299, Town Office Building
Grafton, NH 03240

Phone: 603-523-7700
Fax: 603-523-4026
Website:None Available

Origin:
Like Grafton County, the 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. First granted in 1761, the town was granted again in 1769 to new colonists, including John Hancock and James Otis, well-known Boston patriots.

More about Grafton:
Once a center for mining mica, which was used in lamp chimneys and stove windows. Home to the 200 year old Ruggles Mine where deposits of feldspar, mica, amethyst, garnet, quartz and world-famous uranium minerals like gummite and autunite are found.