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Grafton, Nova Scotia

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22: 267: 93: 29: 116:. An early centre of worship for various New England Planter congregations, it contains two historic graveyards and the 1842 Cornwallis Reformed Presbyterian Covenanter Church. A notable early resident was Margaret Florence Newcome who was the first woman to graduate from 124:
in order to ship apples from a number of large apple warehouses. A preserved railway caboose commemorates the railway's role in the community. Grafton municipal services are administered by the village commission of
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in 1885. Grafton flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century during the peak years of the apple industry in Nova Scotia. It became a station on the North Mountain branchline of the
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crosses the south part of the community. It is administratively part of the village of
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in the 1820s as they moved westward from the initial settlements around
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Corn growing at Grafton beside the North Mountain, October 2011
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Cornwallis Reformed Presbyterian Covenanter Church,
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Grafton, Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia
farming
Annapolis Valley
Kings County, Nova Scotia
Waterville
Cornwallis River
North Mountain
Buckleys Corner
Route 221
Highway 101
Cornwallis Square

New England Planters
Canning, Nova Scotia
Duke of Grafton
Grafton, Massachusetts
Dalhousie University
Dominion Atlantic Railway
Cornwallis Square
Woodville
Cambridge
Kinsman-Salsman House, Canada's Historic Places Initiative
"Grafton", Place Names of Nova Scotia, Nova scotia Archives and Records Management
Cornwallis Reformed Presbyterian Covenanter Church, Canada's Historic Places Initiative
"Grafton", Dominion Atlantic Railway Digital Preservation Institute
UNESCO in Nova Scotia
45°6′7.6″N 64°41′50″W / 45.102111°N 64.69722°W / 45.102111; -64.69722 (Grafton, Nova Scotia)
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