Includes the Villages of Grafton Center, New England Village, Farnumsville, Fisherville, Centerville and Saundersville

Settled 1718, Incorporated 1735

• Originally inhabited by the Nipmuc Tribe
• The Hassanamisco Reservation is a State-recognized Reservation, still used today
• First White Settler was Reverend John Elliot, who preached Christianity to the Nipmucs
• The Bandstand in the Town Common was built in 1934-1935 for the movie, “Ah, Wilderness!”
• Home of the Willard House & Clock Museum
• America’s first Valentine’s Cards are manufactured by the New England Valentine Co. in 1879; a collaboration between Jotham Woods Taft and Esther Howland.
• Earl Tupper first produced Tupperware at his factory in 1938.