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  Grafton County - New Hampshire
Hebron, NH Grafton County is the second largest of New Hampshire's ten counties, covering 1,747 square miles in the west central part of the state.
The County is roughly rectangular in shape, running from Bristol in the southeast and Lebanon in the southwest, to Bethlehem and Littleton in the north.
Grafton County ranks fifth in population with 81,740 residents.
www.graftoncountyedc.org /html/county.php   (169 words)

  
  Grafton County, New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grafton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.
Grafton was one of the five counties originally identified for New Hampshire in 1769.
The county was organized at Woodsville in 1771, and originally included the entire northern frontier of New Hampshire, including a number of towns that are now in Vermont.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grafton_County,_New_Hampshire   (710 words)

  
 Grafton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grafton, Shropshire, a village in the county of Shropshire
Grafton, Herefordshire, a village in the county of Herefordshire
Grafton, Wiltshire, a village in the county of Wiltshire
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grafton   (315 words)

  
 UNH Cooperative Extension NH Counties - Grafton County - Profile
Grafton County is a rural county and is the second largest county geographically, in the state with 1.716.5 square miles or 1.1 million acres.
The population of Grafton County is estimated at 77, 100 with a population density of 44.9 persons per square mile.
Grafton was one of the five original counties and, until 1803, contained all the area now known as Grafton and Coos counties.
extension.unh.edu /Counties/Grafton/GCProf.htm   (704 words)

  
 Walkabout - Grafton
Grafton has a very beautiful and very gracious city centre characterised by wide streets, elegant Victorian buildings, a superb location on the banks of the Clarence River, a sense of solidity, and a long-standing concern with civic beauty, manifest in the 6500 trees and 24 parks which adorn the city.
Grafton is located about 40 km due west of the coast and 625 km north-east of Sydney at the junction of the Pacific and Gwydir Highways.
With a population of 18 500, Grafton is the major settlement on the Clarence River and the commercial centre of an extensive agricultural and pastoral district.
www.walkabout.com.au /locations/NSWGrafton.shtml   (3736 words)

  
 CASDE | Grafton -- Fillmore County
Then, when the railroad gave up on its town of Grafton in Clay County in March, 1874, in favor of the growing settlement at Sutton, and that designation was declared "vacated" by its officials, the railroad gave the name, Grafton, to Northrup's siding.
Grafton had four major fires: the first burned the Warren elevator some time before 1900, a second fire in 1912 involved five businesses on the west side of the main street, and a third one in 1929 destroyed the bank, a restaurant, and the meat market.
Grafton held its centennial in 1982, the anniversary of its incorporation.
www.casde.unl.edu /history/counties/fillmore/grafton   (804 words)

  
 Tour Grafton Village Cheese on the Vermont Cheese Trail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Grafton's nine cheesemakers are taught to engage all their senses - their eyes, their noses, and their touch - when converting the fresh milk of local Jersey cows into a 100% natural cheddar, without any chemical preservatives or additives, free of growth hormone, and brimming with great flavor potential.
Mohn came to Grafton via Boston via New York and for the past manyyears has enjoyed living across the street from his job with his wife and two sons in a beautiful old stone farmhouse which sits up on a bluff.
Because of the strategy Grafton has employed, an additional 2 million pounds of cheese remains on-site, aging in one of four coolers where the temperature remains ideal for this purpose.
www.vtcheese.com /vtcheese/trail/Grafton/grafton.html   (1162 words)

  
 County Seat Grafton History
It was not until 1840 that county clerks and registers of deeds and probate were relieved of the responsibility of storing records in their homes, In 1839 the County voters approved spending $2,450 to erect this building next to the County Courthouse in Haverhill Corner, to house the county offices and fireproof storage vaults.
The fifth Grafton County Court House, relocated to Woodsville, was built in 1889 for $20,000 and remained as the County’s courthouse until 1972 when the modern present courthouse in North Haverhill was built for $1,800,000.
As early as 1954, the County Delegation voted to build a new courthouse, and appointed a building committee, but because of disagreement as to where in the County it should be built, nothing further was accomplished on the project.
www.town.haverhill.nh.us /countyseatgrafto.html   (2674 words)

  
 GRAFTON COUNTY RISK ANALYSIS
Flooding: The county is bordered to the West and North by the Connecticut River, to the Northwest by the White Mountains and to the South by Sullivan and Belknap counties.
The Pemi, Baker, Beebe, Mad and other rivers that drain the White Mountains are well known to be extremely "flashy." This County is regularly "Designated" in the State's Presidential Flood related Declarations as was the case in and in DR-1077-NH, DR1144-NH, DR-1231-NH and DR-1305-NH (4 0f the last 4 Presidential Flood Declarations).
The county hosts significant forestry, agricultural and livestock assets which are negatively impacted by such events.
www.nhoem.state.nh.us /mitigation/grafton_county_risk_analysis.htm   (752 words)

  
 Grafton, New Hampshire
Over fifty years, Grafton's population increased by a total of 696 residents, going from 442 in 1950 to 1,138 residents in 2000.
The 2004 Census estimate for Grafton was 1,126 residents, which ranked 173rd among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.
Grafton contains 41.6 square miles of land area and 0.8 square miles of inland water area.
www.nhes.state.nh.us /elmi/htmlprofiles/grafton.html   (350 words)

  
 Grafton County Economic Development Council
By maintaining contact and communication with a wide variety of public and private partners we are well positioned to act as a catalyst for change in Grafton County.
Grafton County is the second largest of New Hampshire's ten counties, covering 1,747 square miles in the west central part of the state.
Consisting of 38 towns, one city (Lebanon) and one unincorporated area (Livermore, which is almost entirely national forest), Grafton County is very much a rural county.
www.graftoncountyedc.org   (124 words)

  
 UNH Cooperative Extension NH Counties - Grafton County
Kids to Kids is an ongoing project of Grafton County 4-H and the Grafton County Attorney’s Office.
Ruth Potter, Activities Director at Grafton County Nursing Home, and Kathy Jablonski, Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development, planned this day with the help of the Activities staff and 4-H leaders to create tote bags and quilts to fill the requests.
Grafton County Nursing Home residents helping throughout the day were: Catherine, Mae, Jack, Minnie, Betty, Hazel, Paul, Allianora, Olis, Esther, Tony, Herman, Bea, Hazel, Doris, Barbara, Louise, Aurelia, Helen, and Peggy.
extension.unh.edu /Counties/Grafton.htm   (528 words)

  
 Grafton County, New Hampshire - info, facts, communities on Key to the City
Grafton County was formally organized in 1771, including all of the northern frontier of the state and a portion of what is now located in Vermont.
The county was named for Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, a supporter of America while serving as British Prime Minister.
The far northern portions of the county were taken in the formation of Coos County.
www.usacitiesonline.com /nhgraftoncounty.htm   (400 words)

  
 Southwest Illinois News - Grafton, Illinois
GRAFTON, IL, (SWI-News.com) - The annual Rod Run, Sept 29, 2001, featuring nearly 165 antique cars, kit cars, trucks and an assortment of customized vehicles, began in Caseyville early Saturday morning and headed along the Great River Road for a stopover in Grafton for lunch before finishing in Collinsville.
Grafton, the oldest town in Jersey County, offers a wonderful selection of antique and craft shops, restaurants and bed and breakfast lodgings.
The native limestone quarried in Grafton during the mid nineteenth century was used as the piering for the Eads Bridge in St. Louis as well as the old St. Charles Bridge.
www.swi-news.com /SWI-Grafton.htm   (792 words)

  
 Grafton County, New Hampshire NH, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Grafton County is one of 10 counties in New Hampshire.
The county is in the Lebanon metro area.
This was an increase of 2.97% from the 2000 census.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=18886   (537 words)

  
 Grafton County Escapee Caught In Newbury
The caller also told troopers he believed the person was the prisoner who had escaped from the Grafton County House of Corrections in Haverhill, according to trooper Hugh O'Donnell.
With assistance from the police department in Haverhill, N.H., and the Grafton County Sheriff's Department, a photograph was provided identifying the suspect as Goodhue.
Grafton County corrections officials were unavailable for comment.
www.caledonianrecord.com /pages/local_news/story/84ebe090f   (472 words)

  
 GRAFTON COUNTY NH - History and Genealogy
This act created a county which was an immense tract of land, extending south from what is now the Canada line for a distance of nearly 150 miles.
Three years later, December 24, 1803, the whole of the northern half of Grafton county was set off to form the new county of Coos, and finally on June 18, 1805, the area was reduced once again by the annexation of the whole of a tract known as "Nash and Sawyer's Location" to Coos County.
CAANAN, Grafton Co. NH - Public Notice of Taxes Due, and public auctions to be held at Guilford Cobb's Inn in Canaan.
www.nh.searchroots.com /grafton.html   (4828 words)

  
 Grafton Ferry - About Grafton
The Grafton area is the winter home of the American Bald Eagle, with amazing opportunities to view this majestic creature in its natural habitat.
Grafton's Historic District extends two blocks on the north and south side of West Main Street, with Shafer’s Wharf as a focal point.
Grafton cuisine ranges from ice cream shops and fish stands offering the famous catfish sandwich, to country-style breakfasts and real “home cooking”, and even elegant dining.
www.graftonferry.com /grafton.htm   (527 words)

  
 Grafton County  Office of the Commissioners
The Grafton County Complex is located on Route 10 in North Haverhill.
Buildings include the The Grafton County Courthouse, The Grafton County Nursing Home, The Grafton County Administrative Building (1930's) The County Farm and the Grafton County Jail, which occupy 30 acres.
The Farm Woodlands have provided pasturage, lumber, firewood and timber revenues for the County Farm operations.
www.graftoncountynh.us   (191 words)

  
 Grafton, NH News
A Grafton County Superior Court grand jury has indicted a Gilford man on three counts of sexual assault on a minor.
By LORI INGHAM lingham@citizen.com lingham@citizen.com Representatives from all around Grafton County gathered at the New Hampton Community Church on Friday morning to have breakfast and discuss concerns from...
A local citizens group has filed an objection in Grafton County Superior Court against the town's petition to hold a special town meeting in January.
www.topix.net /city/grafton-nh   (697 words)

  
 Grafton - Utah Ghost Town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Grafton was first settled in 1859 one mile below its present town sight.
In January of 1862 the town was completely washed away by a flood.
Grafton has had parts of several movies shot here.
www.ghosttowns.com /states/ut/grafton.html   (159 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Grafton County, N.H.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
New Hampshire state senate from Grafton County, 1786-88.
Grafton County, N.H. Born in East Dover, Dover,
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/NH/GR.html   (1403 words)

  
 Grafton County Real Estate, Grafton County Homes for Sale, and Condos
NewHampshireRealEstater.com showcases local Grafton County, New Hampshire real estate agents that have direct access to their local Multiple Listing Services (MLS) on their website allowing you to directly search the MLS for all active New Hampshire real estate listings.
View properties for sale throughout Grafton County, New Hampshire including homes, condos, townhouses, investment properties, land, townhomes, dream homes, condominiums, mansions, houses, and luxury homes.
Note that individual broker listings may be shown in place of Grafton County MLS Listings due to availability.
www.newhampshirerealestater.com /grafton-county/real-estate.html   (248 words)

  
 Fire Damages Storage Building At Grafton County Complex
The building is used to store tractors for the county farm and other county equipment and is located between the county jail and the barns that house the farm's pigs and dairy cows.
The building was built in 1930, according to Julie Clough, executive director for the Grafton County Commissioners' Office.
Hammond said about eight deputies from the county sheriff's department were also on hand in case the jail, located just yards away from the fire, had to be evacuated.
www.caledonianrecord.com /pages/local_news/story/d2618f2b0   (513 words)

  
 Grafton County
A CD ROM reproduction of the 1860 "Map of Grafton County, New Hampshire" The original map (a large wall map) was the first complete view of who lived where in the 40 towns of Grafton County 1000s of sites - homes, schools, churches and businesses- are located and named.
All maps and data on the original have been scanned for this reproduction.
Grafton County, NH Or use our mail order form
www.old-maps.com /nh/nh-gf-home.htm   (91 words)

  
 Grafton County, New Hampshire Local History & Genealogy
Ashland, Bath, Benton, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Bristol, Campton, Canaan, Dorchester, Easton, Ellsworth, Enfield, Franconia, Grafton, Groton, Hanover, Haverhill, Hebron, Holderness, Landaff, Lebanon, Lincoln, Lisbon, Littleton, Lyman, Lyme, Monroe, Orange, Orford, Piermont, Plymouth, Rumney, Sugar Hill, Thornton, Warren, Waterville Valley, Wentworth, Woodstock.
The Appalachian Trail- from Katahdin, Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia, passes through Grafton County, NH.
Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America.
home.att.net /~local_history/NH-Grafton_Co.htm   (1075 words)

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