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Welcome to Grafton ...

Grafton is located in Chautauqua County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grafton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Grafton is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Grafton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Grafton: 620

Communities Also Named Grafton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Grafton: This one is located in Chautauqua County and the other is located in Wabaunsee County.

Beyond Kansas, there are 31 communities that are also named Grafton - they are located in Alabama, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (2), Utah, 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.

  • Caney
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Caney is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,948 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caney <3>
  • Sedan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Howard
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Moline
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Longton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Elk City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Grenola
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Peru
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Peru is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
  • Havana
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Havana is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
  • Elk Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grafton ...

Looking for more information about Grafton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Grafton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 (so far) for Grafton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Grafton post office opened in 1871. The Grafton post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grafton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Chautauqua, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grafton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/