Meanings
plural Graftons
- Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO496493).
- countableuncountableA village in Marton cum Grafton parish, Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE416633).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Grafton and Radcot parish, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2600).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Pimhill parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ430189).
- countableuncountableA civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, which includes the settlements of East Grafton and West Grafton.
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Beckford parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO987372).
- countableuncountableA minor city in Jersey County, Illinois.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, Indiana.
- countableuncountableA minor city in Worth County, Iowa.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Chautauqua County, Kansas.
- countableuncountableA town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
"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.
2026 August 21, Evan Walsh, “Grafton Police Department to deactivate Flock cameras”, in Community Advocate, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2026 - countableuncountableA village in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
- countableuncountableA town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- countableuncountableA town in Rensselaer County, New York.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Walsh County, North Dakota.
- countableuncountableA village in Lorain County, Ohio.
- countableuncountableA ghost town in Washington County, Utah.
- countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Windham County, Vermont.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in York County, Virginia.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Taylor County, West Virginia.
- countableuncountableA village and town in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Grafton Township.
- countableuncountableA community in Northampton parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick.
- countableuncountableA rural community of Kings County, Nova Scotia.
- countableuncountableA community in Alnwick/Haldimand township, Northumberland County, Ontario.
- countableuncountableA coastal town in Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
- countableuncountableA city in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.
- countableuncountableAn inner suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
- countableuncountableAn English dukedom.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishgrāf“grove”
- EnglishGrafton
From Old English grāf (“grove”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
More words from Old English
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Grafton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Grafton
“Grafton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Grafton. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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