Grafton
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city in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Grafton is referenced by 497 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, American Civil War and United States Census Bureau.
The entry is geolocated on the map in WV.
It sits within the topics 1856 establishments in Virginia, Cities in Taylor County, West Virginia and Cities in West Virginia.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Grafton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Taylor County
- Population
- 4722
- Area
- 9.843479
- Elevation
- 312
- Capital of
- Taylor County
- Official website
- www.graftonwv.org
- Image
- Overlooking what what were once bustling rail lines of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Grafton, West Virginia, which was an early B&O hub LCCN2015631657.jpg
- Households
- 2164
- Dialing code
- 304
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- postal code
- 26354
- Commons category
- Grafton, West Virginia
- inception
- 1856-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Grafton, West Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 3.4439
- different from
- Grafton
- per capita income
- 19629
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (8)
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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.