Grafton
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city in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Taylor
- Chartered
- March 15, 1856
- City manager
- Kevin Stead
- Total
- 3.80 sq mi (9.85 km )
- Land
- 3.67 sq mi (9.51 km )
- Water
- 0.13 sq mi (0.34 km )
- Elevation
- 1,024 ft (312 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 4,589
- Density
- 1,356.6/sq mi (523.77/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 54-32716
- Website
- www .graftonwv .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Grafton is a city in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 4,729 at the 2020 census. Located along the Tygart Valley River, it originally developed as a junction point for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, serving numerous branches of a network that was vital to the regional coal industry.
Grafton is the home of both of West Virginia's national cemeteries, and was where the West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association formed in 1895. Mother's Day was founded in Grafton on May 10, 1908, and the city is home to the International Mother's Day Shrine. Grafton was also among the first cities in the United States to observe Memorial Day.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grafton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.