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Grafton
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English
Etymology
From en ang grāf grove + ang tūn enclosure; settlement, town.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡɹɑːftɒn/ RP
Proper noun
~ s
Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:
en number of places cc/England:
en village/and/cpar in co/Herefordshire OS grid ref SO496493. Parish map (Herefordshire)
en village par/Marton cum Grafton dist/Harrogate co/North Yorkshire OS grid ref SE416633.
en hamlet par/Grafton and Radcot co/Oxfordshire OS grid ref SP2600.
en hamlet par/Pimhill co/Shropshire OS grid ref SJ430189.
en cpar in eastern co/Wiltshire, which includes the settlements of en East Grafton and en West Grafton. Parish map (Wiltshire)
en hamlet par/Beckford dist/Wychavon co/Worcestershire OS grid ref SO987372.
en number of places c/USA:
en minor city co/Jersey County s/Illinois.
en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Black co/Posey County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Worth County s/Iowa.
en unincorporated community co/Chautauqua County s/Kansas.
en town co/Worcester County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Grafton, Massachusetts
en Evan Walsh Grafton Police Department to deactivate Flock cameras Community Advocate https://www.communityadvocate.com/grafton/grafton-police-department-to-deactivate-flock-cameras/article_8d630276-6dfc-40d6-86f8-00e298987168.html 2026-08-21 "The Grafton Police Department has begun the process of deactivating all Flock devices amid growing concerns about the use of this technology in our community. This decision also comes in response to vandalism and theft involving these devices," he Grafton Police Chief Neil Minardi wrote. https://web.archive.org/web/20260825014152/https://www.communityadvocate.com/grafton/grafton-police-department-to-deactivate-flock-cameras/article_8d630276-6dfc-40d6-86f8-00e298987168.html
en village co/Fillmore County s/Nebraska.
en town co/Grafton County s/New Hampshire.
en town co/Rensselaer County s/New York.
en city/county seat co/Walsh County s/North Dakota.
en village co/Lorain County s/Ohio.
en ghost town co/Washington County s/Utah.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Windham County s/Vermont.
en unincorporated community co/York County s/Virginia. TopoZone: Grafton, Virginia
en city/county seat co/Taylor County s/West Virginia.
en village/and/town co/Ozaukee County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Grafton Township.
en place c/Canada:
en community par/Northampton co/Carleton County p/New Brunswick.
en rural community co/Kings County p/Nova Scotia.
en community twp:suf/Alnwick/Haldimand co/Northumberland County p/Ontario.
en coastal town in Western Area Rural District, c/Sierra Leone.
en city in the Northern Rivers region of s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en inner suburb city/Auckland c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
An English en dukedom.
en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Ardens Grafton Grafton County Grafton Flyford Grafton Regis Grafton Underwood graftonite North Grafton Penton Grafton South Grafton Temple Grafton
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Grafton is the 9535th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3409 individuals. Grafton is most common among White (84.98%) and Black/African American (10.33%) individuals.
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