Grafton is a city in the State of North Dakota and is the county chair of Walsh County. As of the 2020 Census, the city of Grafton had a population of 4,170, making it the fifteenth largest city in North Dakota. Grafton was founded in 1881.

The Grafton area was first decided by Thomas E Cooper in yet to be 1879. He became postmaster well ahead that year bearing in mind a read out office was constructed as allocation of expansions in foster for the Northern Pacific Railway and the Great Northern Railway. It was incorporated as a village in 1881 and subsequently became a city in 1903. In 1881, Walsh County was standard and Grafton was similar to designated the county seat. The city was named for Grafton County, New Hampshire, the native home of a large allocation of its at the forefront settlers.

The Grafton State School, a home for the developmentally disabled, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The city employs a mayor-council executive where the mayor is elected for a four-year term and eight city council members are elected to staggered four-year terms. There are four at-large members of the city council even if the unshakable four members are elected from the four wards of the city. Currently, Chris West is serving as mayor even though the city council members are as follows: Shane Mohn (1st Ward), Greg Young (2nd Ward), Philip Ray (3rd Ward), Don Hutson (4th Ward), David Fellman (At-large), Chris Lipsh (At-large), Brian Sieben (At-large), and Mary Stark (At-large).