Grafton (Vermont)

Windham County

50-28900

Grafton is a municipality (town ) in the state of Vermont in the United States. She has the census of 2010, according to, 679 inhabitants. The area was proclaimed in 1754 under the name Thomlinson and colonized since 1768. 1791, the County was renamed by the citizens in Grafton.

Originally a coined by sheep farming and wool mills on the Saxtons River area, changed soapstone finds in the near Bear Mountain the situation clearly. By the end of the 19th century, Grafton was a great soapstone producer, far beyond the borders sold his bricks as a building material Vermont. After the end of the stone cuts and with the world economic crisis of 1929, the number of residents of more than 1,500 dropped at the start of the American Civil War in 1861 to less than 400

Today the economy of Grafton is mainly on two legs: a cheese factory ( the Grafton Village Cheese Company ), which has existed since 1896 and specializes in the production of Cheddar, and tourism as a cross-country skiing center that the since the 1960s Grafton Ponds has been established. The historic center was systematically renovated. In the village is the Old Tavern, which has existed since 1801 and one of the oldest existing hotels in the United States.

Nearby Cities

All information bee-line distances.

  • North: Chester, 10.0 km
  • Northeast: Rockingham, 10.0 km
  • Southeast: Bellows Falls, 10.0 km
  • South: Townshend, 15.0 km
  • Southwest: Jamaica, 16.0 km
  • West: Windham, 9.5 km
  • Northwest: Andover, 13.5 kilometers
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