The Town of Grafton was established in 1859 to provide a settlement for people to grow cotton on the fertile plains next to the Virgin River. Frequent floods and Indian attacks caused problems for early pioneers, but some persisted and the town became quite successful, lasting until the 1930s. Several large buildings remain including a two-story private residence and a combined Church and schoolhouse built in 1886.
Grafton Cemetery is the old cemetery that has a few dozen graves from the period 1860 - 1910, with telling inscriptions that give some insight into the harsh life at that time. 
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