Grafton County is part of the Claremont-Lebanon, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The county is the home of Dartmouth College and Plymouth State University.

Progressive Farmer rated Grafton County fourth in its list of the "Best Places to Live in Rural America" in 2006,[3] citing low unemployment (despite slow economic growth), a favorable cost of living, and the presence of White Mountain National Forest, the state's only national forest.

It was named for Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton,[4] who had been a supporter of American causes in Parliament, and who was serving as British Prime Minister at the time.

The three counties to the south were Strafford, Hillsborough and Cheshire, and the eastern edge bordered the "District of Maine".

Squam Lake, featured in the film On Golden Pond, and the Old Man of the Mountain landmark are here, as are Dartmouth College and the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.

The Appalachian Trail passes through parts of at least ten towns in the county.

27.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 89,118 people, 35,986 households, and 22,074 families in the county.

[13] In terms of ancestry, 23.6% were English, 18.7% were Irish, 10.9% were German, 6.6% were Italian, 5.8% were Scottish, 5.8% were French Canadian, and 5.0% were American.

In 2008, Barack Obama carried Grafton by a landslide, receiving 63.03% of the vote to John McCain's 35.45%.

[17] In 2016, Hillary Clinton won this county with 55.7%, while Donald Trump received 37.1% of the vote.

(Compiled from Radiostationworld.com) School districts include: Unified (K-12):[21] Secondary:[21] Elementary:[21]