Grafton is an unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]
History
Grafton was laid out in 1852 near the site of a gristmill on Big Creek.[2] The community was named after Grafton, Illinois.[3] The Grafton post office closed in 1902.[4]
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grafton, Indiana
- ^ Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p. 120.
- ^ History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. p. 416.
- ^ "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
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