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Grafton: Originally chartered in 1856 and named in honor
of John Grafton, a civil engineer in the employment of Colonel
Benjamin Latrobe, who laid out the route of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad in 1852 across what was then northwestern Virginia. Home
Rule City. Only national cemetery in West Virginia (1,800 graves)
is located here. Monument to the first soldier killed in the Civil
War. Birthplace of Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day and site
of the international Mother's Day was observed. Mother's Day
Church, (Andrews Methodist Church).
Population: 5,814
Elevation: 1000 feet |
