Grafton is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.

[3] In the early 19th century, sheep raising became popular and multiple woolen mills sprang up along the branches of the Saxtons River.

[4] The town became a notable stagecoach hub for traffic across the Green Mountains into Albany, New York.

It remains one of the oldest continually operating hotels in the United States.

Local cemeteries in the village hold many tombstones of casualties from the Battle of Gettysburg.

The foundation also established an artisanal cheese business, the Grafton Village Cheese Company, and built a world-class cross-country skiing center at Grafton Ponds that offers a popular mountain biking program for children in the summer months.

The village of Grafton is slightly southeast of the geographic center of the town, in the valley of the Saxtons River.