Welcome to Grafton ...

Grafton is located in Rensselaer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grafton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1821.

Grafton is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The telephone area code for Grafton: (518)

Websites for Grafton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.renscochamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Grafton, the following might be of interest:

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, 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.

• Albany
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
  • Albany is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,429 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <3>
• Troy
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Troy is located in Rensselaer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <3>
• Cohoes
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohoes
  • Cohoes is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,583 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cohoes <3>
• Bennington
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
  • Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
• North Adams
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
  • North Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
• Watervliet
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
  • Watervliet is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
  • Former names for Watervliet:
  • Gibbonsville
  • Port Schuyler
  • West Troy
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <3>
• Rensselaer
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rensselaer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
  • Rensselaer is located in Rensselaer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,142 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rensselaer <3>
• Adams
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
  • Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
• Williamstown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
  • Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
• Colonie
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonie
  • Colonie is located in Albany County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonie <3>

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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Grafton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 for Grafton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Grafton post office opened in 1821.

We also found Grafton in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grafton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grafton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rensselaer County: www.rensco.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/