Welcome to Grafton ...

So far, we found very little information about Grafton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Grafton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grafton, please Contact Us.

Grafton would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.

Grafton was established in December 1859.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Grafton is 3,660 feet [1,116 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Grafton is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Grafton was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Grafton, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

The location where Grafton once stood is in the (435) area code.

Going back to its beginning, Grafton was originally named Wheeler. For more information about the names of Grafton, see The Names of Grafton on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Grafton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Grafton - they are located in Alabama, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (2), Vermont, Virginia (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grafton.

Communities near Grafton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grafton.

• Hurricane
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
  • Hurricane is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,855 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurricane <4>
• Colorado City
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
  • Colorado City is located in Mohave County (AZ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,906 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colorado City <4>
• La Verkin
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Verkin
  • La Verkin is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,461 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Verkin <4>
• Hildale
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildale
  • Hildale is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,944 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hildale <4>
• Toquerville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toquerville
  • Toquerville is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,804 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toquerville <4>
• Leeds
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
  • Leeds is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <4>
• Apple Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
  • Apple Valley is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 869 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apple Valley <4>
• Virgin
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgin
  • Virgin is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 670 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virgin <4>
• Springdale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
  • Springdale is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 658 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springdale <4>
• Dalton ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dalton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
  • Dalton is located in Washington County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Grafton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grafton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grafton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grafton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grafton. See our Newspapers Page for Grafton.

Adding Grafton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grafton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Grafton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Grafton post office opened in 1864.

We also found Grafton on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grafton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Washington County: www.washco.state.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/