Free Grafton • “The freest town in the Free State”

Grafton is a small, rural town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, where many liberty activists have settled.

Population (2019): 1,329.
Households: 846.
Tax rate (2019): $31.77.
Town budget (2020): $1,361,046.
School budget (2020): $2,458,398.
Total area: 42.6 mi².

A detailed profile about the town can be found at FreeHampshire.Com. The Town’s official website is at townofgraftonnh.com.

Grafton was named for Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, Earl of Arlington and Euston, Viscount Thetford, and Baron Sudbury. He was a pro-American member of English government prior to the Revolution, and related to New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth. Grantees of the initial 1761 charter voted to surrender their grant in 1762. The land was regranted in 1769 to new colonists, including John Hancock and James Otis, well-known Boston patriots. The town was incorporated in 1778. Source.

The name Grafton itself means a farm or settlement in a grove, from Old English grāf “a grove, a copse” and tūn “an enclosure, a farmstead, a village, an estate.” Source.

Current projects and happenings include…

Grafton voluntaryist potluck First Sunday of every month, 5pm–8pm at the Town Hall. A monthly potluck-style meeting and free market for friends of Liberty. Bring a dish to share.
Free Grafton community Community, reasons to move, and more on the monthly market and potluck.
Grafton politics & activism on YouTube Video recordings of Grafton Selectmen meetings, Deliberative Session, and more.
Mascoma Valley Taxpayers Union Resisting “the ever-growing size of our local, school, and county budgets—and our ever-increasing property tax bills that result.”
Peaceful Assembly Church A church open to all who believe in Peace, Liberty, and Forgiveness. The meetinghouse burned down in 2016—but Peaceful Assembly Church is still alive.
Lower Grafton County Prosecutorial Association, Inc. Investigating government fraud, public education, and community outreach.
New Hampshire jury information Bringing awareness of jury nullification to New Hampshire jurors.

Free Grafton “The freest town in the Free State”