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Welcome to Grafton ...

The village of Grafton is located in Ozaukee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grafton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Grafton has a population of 11,765 people<2> (see below for details).

Grafton is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Code for Grafton: 262

The ZIP code for Grafton: 53024<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Grafton had an population of 11,765 people. This is an increase of 2.67% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 14.09% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Grafton had a population of 11,459 people (which is 13.27% of the total population of Ozaukee County). This makes Grafton the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Grafton represents 0.2% of the population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 75th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 11,459 people, the population of Grafton increased 11.12% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 10,312 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Grafton.

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), Utah, Vermont, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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.

  • Milwaukee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Wauwatosa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Brookfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
  • Menomonee Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • West Bend
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mequon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Germantown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Germantown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
  • Whitefish Bay
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Shorewood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Shorewood is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,117 people
  • Glendale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Glendale is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,775 people

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 (so far) 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 1846.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grafton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Ozaukee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Grafton.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grafton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a village (such as Grafton). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Grafton or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>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/