THE GRAFTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
White Mountain Foothills setting.
Grafton County has 1,708.6 square miles of land in New Hampshire. 7 mapped landscape regions meet across Grafton County: White Mountain Foothills, White Mountains/Blue Mountains, Sunapee Uplands, among others.
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Regional context: Northeastern Highlands ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Grafton County intersects 7 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- White Mountain Foothills41.7%
- White Mountains/Blue Mountains27.9%
- Sunapee Uplands11.4%
- Upper Montane/Alpine Zone8.6%
- Vermont Piedmont5.8%
Finding your parcel within Grafton County
The atlas lists 53 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Grafton County, including Lincoln, Bethlehem, Franconia. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Grafton County by land and water
The Census records 41.1 square miles of water within Grafton County, or 2.3% of its total area. That share is close to Grafton County’s 2.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Grafton County has 35.2 times the land area of nearby Warren town (48.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Belknap County, Carroll County, Coos County, Merrimack County, Sullivan County within New Hampshire. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.