Grafton

Grafton is a city in . It is the county seat of Taylor County. It is believed to be the location where the first Civil War fatality occurred, when Union private Thornsbury Bailey Brown was shot on May 22, 1861.
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  • Type: Town with 5,390 residents
  • Description: city in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Gannett”, “Grafton Junction”, “Grafton, West Virginia”, “Grafton, WV”, “Three Forks”, and “Three Forks Creek”
  • Postal code: 26354

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grafton National Cemetery.

Cemetery
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is a United States National Cemetery located in Grafton, West Virginia. It encompasses a total of 3.2 acres. Along with , it is one of two United States Department of Veterans Affairs national cemeteries in West Virginia, both of which are located in Grafton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blueville and Brownlow.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. The community was named for the local Blue family.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States.

Grafton

Latitude
39.3409° or 39° 20′ 27″ north
Longitude
-80.019° or 80° 1′ 8″ west
Population
5,390
Elevation
1,024 feet (312 metres)
Open location code
86FX8XRJ+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154161057
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4807310
Wiki­data ID
Q1433349
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Grafton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غرافتون”
  • Armenian: “Գրաֆթոն”
  • Basque: “Grafton”
  • Catalan: “Grafton”
  • Cebuano: “Grafton”
  • Chechen: “Графтон (Малхбузен Вирджини)”
  • Chechen: “Графтон”
  • Chinese: “Grafton”
  • Czech: “Grafton”
  • Dagbani: “Grafton”
  • Dutch: “Grafton”
  • French: “Grafton”
  • German: “Grafton”
  • Gilaki: “گرافتن”
  • Hausa: “Yanayin Grafton, West Virginia”
  • Hebrew: “גרפטון”
  • Hungarian: “Grafton”
  • Irish: “Grafton”
  • Italian: “Grafton”
  • Japanese: “グラフトン”
  • Korean: “그래프턴”
  • Ladin: “Grafton”
  • Malagasy: “Grafton, West Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Grafton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Grafton”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grafton”
  • Norwegian: “Grafton”
  • Persian: “گرفتن، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “گرفتن”
  • Polish: “Grafton”
  • Portuguese: “Grafton”
  • Russian: “Графтон”
  • Serbian: “Графтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grafton, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grafton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قرافتون، باتی ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Grafton (Virginia Occidental)”
  • Spanish: “Grafton”
  • Swedish: “Grafton, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Grafton”
  • Tatar: “Графтон (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Графтон”
  • Ukrainian: “Графтон”
  • Urdu: “گرافٹن، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “گرافٹن”
  • Vietnamese: “Grafton, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Grafton, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Grafton”
  • Volapük: “Grafton”
  • Welsh: “Grafton, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Grafton”

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