Grafton Tidbits
| 1874 | Official number of "recognized students" was 931 (468M, 463F) |
| 1878 | Washington Mills, oldest continuing industry in town, built in North Grafton |
| 1883 | St. James Catholic Church was built in South Grafton |
| 1887 | Grafton-Upton Railroad was renamed from Grafton Center Railroad (started in 1873) and still hauls freight |
| 1908 | The Knowlton Dairy Farm on Estabrook Road started door-to-door milk deliveries ending this service in 1979 |
| 1918 | Zara Cisco Brough, born Princess White Flower of the Hassanamisco Indian tribe and lived on Brigham Hill Indian Reservation |
| 1925-1951 | Grafton Airport on Airport Road, North Grafton was in operation |
| 1927 | Jerome Wheelock Library was built in Grafton Center |
| 1929 | The last trolley car left North Grafton to Worcester |
| 1935 | The gazebo was built at Grafton Common for a scene in the movie "Ah, Wilderness" |
| 1938 | The South Grafton Library was built |
| 1945 | Wyman Gordon was built under the direction of the Air Force |
| 1948 | St. Mary's Catholic Church was destroyed in a fire |
| 1950 | St. Mary's Catholic Church was rebuilt |
| 1952 | The Grafton Junior-Senior High School was built on Providence Road |
| 1958 | The Grafton News printed its first issue |
| 1959 | North Grafton Elementary was built |
| 1964 | Grafton Memorial High School was built |
| 1969 | The Grafton Center Elementary School (now Middle School) was built on North Street |
| 1974 | The original Nelson Library in North Grafton was destroyed by fire |
| 1984 | Total school enrollment for the town was 1,867 students |
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