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Welcome to Grafton Center ...

Grafton Center is located in Grafton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grafton Center, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Grafton Center: Grafton Ctr. (or less commonly used: Grafton Cen., Grafton Cent. or Grafton Cntr.)

Grafton Center is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Grafton Center lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Grafton Center: 603

Communities Also Named Grafton Center ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Grafton Center - it's located in Massachusetts.

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

Communities near Grafton Center ...

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

  • Lebanon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hanover
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Franklin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Franklin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Franklin is located in Merrimack County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,753 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <3>
  • Plymouth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Newport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Enfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • New London
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Canaan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sunapee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bristol
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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 Center. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grafton Center.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grafton Center. 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 Center.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grafton Center ...

Looking for more information about Grafton Center? 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 Center, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grafton Center.

Adding Grafton Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grafton Center 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 Center was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Grafton Center on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New Hampshire (1912).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grafton Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Grafton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grafton Center - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.