Grafton may refer to:

Places

Australia

Grafton, New South Wales Grafton ( Bundjalung-Yugambeh: Gumbin Gir) is a city in the Northern Rivers region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is located on the Clarence River, approximately by road north-northeast of the state capital Sydney. The closest m ...

Canada

* Grafton, New Brunswick *

Grafton, Nova Scotia Grafton is a small farming community in the Annapolis Valley area of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Located just north of the village of Waterville, Nova Scotia, Waterville, it stretches from the Cornwallis River to the slopes of the North Mou ...

Grafton, Ontario Grafton is a community in the province of Ontario. It is in Northumberland County, in the township of Alnwick/Haldimand. It is 12 km east of Cobourg, Ontario on the former Highway 2 (now County Road 2), with close access to Highway 401. T ...

England

* Grafton, Cheshire *

Grafton, Herefordshire Grafton is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The population of this civil parish was 258 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census. The parish includes the villages of Grafton and Bullinghope, and is immediately to the sou ...

Grafton, North Yorkshire Grafton is a village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west of the city of York and north-east of the market town of Knaresborough. The village is joined with Marton and forms the civi ...

* Grafton, Oxfordshire * Grafton, Shropshire * Grafton, Wiltshire *

Grafton, Worcestershire Grafton is a hamlet in Worcestershire, England, situated between the villages of Beckford and Ashton under Hill, south-east of Bredon Hill. The name Grafton means a woodland settlement.Grafton Manor Grafton Manor (13 miles north-east of Worcester and 2 1/2 miles south-west of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire) was established before the Norman Conquest. Grafton means "settlement at or near the wood" and may indicate a role in woodland management w ...

, Worcestershire * Grafton Flyford, Worcestershire *

Grafton Regis Grafton Regis is a village and civil parish in the south of the English county of Northamptonshire. The population of the civil parish (including Alderton) at the 2001 census was 152. This increased to 253 at the 2011 census. The village is ea ...

, Northamptonshire *

Grafton Underwood Grafton Underwood is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 134 people, increasing to 146 at the 2011 census. The village was used in Helen Fielding's Bridget J ...

, Northamptonshire * Ardens Grafton, Warwickshire *

Temple Grafton Temple Grafton is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, situated about east of Alcester and west of the county town of Warwick. The place name is misleading, the Knights Templar never having any associ ...

, Warwickshire * The

Honour of Grafton The Honour of Grafton is a contiguous set of manors in the south of Northamptonshire, England up to the county's eastern border with Buckinghamshire. Its dominant legacies are semi-scattered Whittlewood Forest and a William Kent wing of Wakefield ...

, a collection of manors in Northamptonshire

Ireland

* Grafton Street, Dublin

New Zealand

* Grafton, New Zealand, an inner city suburb of the city of Auckland

Sierra Leone

Grafton, Sierra Leone Grafton is a coastal town close to the peninsula, in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. Grafton is a trade center and lies about twenty miles on the main highway to Freetown. Grafton is a principle home of the Creole ethnic grou ...

United States

Localities

Knights Landing, California Knights Landing (formerly, Baltimore and East Grafton) is a census-designated place in Yolo County, California, United States, founded by William Knight. It is located on the Sacramento River around 25 miles northwest of Sacramento in the northeas ...

, formerly Grafton * Grafton, Illinois *

Grafton, Indiana Grafton is an unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Grafton was laid out in 1852 near the site of a gristmill on Big Creek. The community was named after Grafton, Illinois Grafton is the ...

Grafton, Iowa Grafton is a city in Worth County, Iowa, United States. The population was 216 in the 2020 census, a decrease of 13.1% from the 290 population in the 2000 census. It is part of the Mason City Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Grafton go ...

Grafton, Kansas Grafton is an unincorporated community in Chautauqua County, Kansas Chautauqua County (county code CQ) is a county located in Southeast Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 3,379. Its county seat and most p ...

* Grafton, Massachusetts **

Grafton (MBTA station) Grafton station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in the North Grafton village of Grafton, Massachusetts, served by the Framingham/Worcester Line. The station is fully accessible, with mini-high platforms serving both of the line's two tracks. A f ...

Grafton, Nebraska Grafton is a village in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 107 at the 2020 census. History Grafton was founded in 1874. It was likely named after the town of Grafton, Massachusetts. The name was also chosen to conform w ...

Grafton, New Hampshire Grafton is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,385 at the 2020 census. History Originally granted in 1761, and re-granted in 1769, Grafton, like the county it resides in, takes its name from Augustus F ...

* Grafton, New York * Grafton, North Dakota *

Grafton, Ohio Grafton is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, along the East Branch of the Black River. The population was 6,636 at the 2010 census. The Lorain Correctional Institution and several other prisons are located in and near Grafton. Hi ...

* Grafton, Utah, a ghost town * Grafton, Vermont, a New England town **

Grafton (CDP), Vermont Grafton is the central village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Grafton, Windham County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 49, compared to 645 in the entire town. The CDP is in northern Win ...

, the central village in the town *

Grafton, Virginia Grafton is an unincorporated community in York County, Virginia, United States, on the Virginia Peninsula. As of the 2010 Census, the Grafton postal area (ZIP Code 23692) had a population of 18,846. History Originally known as Cockletown, the ...

* Grafton, West Virginia * Grafton, Wisconsin, a village *

Grafton (town), Wisconsin The Town of Grafton is a town located in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States, and is in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The town was created in 1846 and at the time of the 2020 Census had a population of 4,157. Grafton is located on th ...

, adjacent to the village

Counties

* Grafton County, New Hampshire

Townships

Grafton Township, McHenry County, Illinois Grafton Township is located in McHenry County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 53,137 and it contained 17,922 housing units. Grafton Township includes portions of Huntley, Lake in the Hills, Algonquin, Crystal Lake Crystal ...

Grafton Township, Sibley County, Minnesota Grafton Township is a township in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 259 at the 2000 census. Grafton Township was organized in 1873. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area ...

Grafton Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Grafton Township is one of fifteen townships in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 222 at the 2020 census. The village of Grafton lies within the township. See also *County government in Nebraska County government i ...

* Grafton Township, Walsh County, North Dakota *

Grafton Township, Lorain County, Ohio Grafton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,833. Geography Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and village: * Grafton - ...

Companies

Grafton (publisher) Grafton was a British paperback imprint established 1981 by Granada Publishing Ltd, a subsidiary of media company Granada Group Ltd. It was named after the publishing company's then address, 8 Grafton Street, in central London. Other paperback ...

, a British paperback book imprint, active 1981–1993 * Grafton Architects, comprising architects Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell * Grafton Cinema, 1911–1973 *

Grafton Entertainment Grafton Entertainment, sometimes referred to as Grafton Records, is an artist management company and record label, with dual-headquarters in both United Kingdom and Nigeria. History Grafton Entertainment was formed in 2004 by Tonye Ibiama, who cr ...

, a record label * Grafton Group, an Ireland-based builders merchants business.

Ships

* HMS ''Grafton'' (1679), a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1700, and captured by the French in 1707 * HMS ''Grafton'' (1709), a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1709, rebuilt in 1725 and broken up in 1744 * HMS ''Grafton'' (1750), a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1750 and sold in 1767 * HMS ''Grafton'' (1771), a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1771 * HMS ''Grafton'' (1892), an ''Edgar''-class cruiser launched in 1892 and broken up in 1920 * HMS ''Grafton'' (H89), a G-class destroyer launched in 1935 and torpedoed in 1940 * HMS ''Grafton'' (F51), a ''Blackwood''-class (Type 14) frigate launched in 1957 and broken up in 1971 * HMS ''Grafton'' (F80), a Type 23 frigate * USS ''Grafton'' (APA-109), a ''Bayfield''-class attack transport launched in 1944 and scrapped in 1974 *

Grafton (ship) ''Grafton'' was a 56-ton schooner sailing out of Sydney during the 1860s that was wrecked on 3 January 1864 in the north arm of Carnley Harbour, Auckland Island, one of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, nearly south of the South Island. Her ...

, a schooner wrecked on the Auckland Islands in 1864 * SS John Grafton, used by Finnish exiles to smuggle arms into Russian-ruled Finland in 1905

Other uses

Grafton (name) Grafton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Anthony Grafton (born 1950), American historian *C. W. Grafton (1909–1982), American novelist * Frederick William Grafton (1816–1890), British industri ...

* Duke of Grafton *

Grafton Galleries The Grafton Galleries, often referred to as the Grafton Gallery, was an art gallery in Mayfair, London. The French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel showed the first major exhibition in Britain of Impressionist paintings there in 1905. Roger Fry' ...

, an art gallery that existed in Mayfair, London. *

Grafton saxophone The Grafton saxophone was an injection moulded, cream-coloured acrylic plastic alto saxophone with metal keys, manufactured in London, England by the Grafton company, and later by 'John E. Dallas & Sons Ltd'. Grafton made only altos, owing to th ...

, a unique 1950s alto saxophone constructed mainly from plastic