Editing Grafton, New York (section)

==Geography==
The town of Grafton is located north of the center of Rensselaer County. It is bounded on the north by Pittstown and Hoosick, on the east by Petersburgh, on the south by Berlin and Poestenkill and on the west by Brunswick. Like Stephentown, it is rectangular in shape. Its surface contains more small lakes and ponds than any other town in the county, and these are the headwaters of many streams flowing in every direction. The town may be said to be the center of the watershed of Rensselaer County.<ref name=anderson561562>Anderson (1897), pp. 561–562</ref>

Grafton possesses the most uneven surface of any town in the county. It is located within the limits of the [[Rensselaer Plateau]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rensselaerplateau.org/RensselaerPlateau/Maps.aspx|title=Rensselaer Plateau Association - Maps|access-date=August 26, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224111423/http://rensselaerplateau.org/RensselaerPlateau/Maps.aspx|archive-date=December 24, 2013}}</ref> and the principal peaks in the town reach an altitude of 1800 feet above the level of the sea. A small portion of the land only is arable, but the hillsides afford excellent grazing. Nevertheless, many of the inhabitants of Grafton have farms which, by years of constant care and cultivation, have been rendered almost as productive as any within the county.<ref name=anderson562>Anderson (1897), p. 562</ref>

As already stated, ponds and small streams are very abundant. Cranberry Lake, or Cranberry Pond, in the southern part, is the source of the Quacken Kill, which flows by a devious course to the western limits of the town, affording numerous excellent mill sites. In the northern part of the town are several creeks flowing towards the Hoosick Valley. The ponds of Grafton are noted for the purity and high quality of their water, and some of them on this account were once considered as available sources of supply for Troy's drinking water.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|46.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|44.9|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}}  (2.35%) is water.

The town is mostly a highland, continuing the [[Taconics]] north, or the [[Berkshires]] west. The scenic beauty of the area is seen at the [[Grafton Lakes State Park]], a park with four lakes among gentle mountain scenery.

=== Adjacent towns and areas ===
The town is south of the Towns of [[Hoosick, New York|Hoosick]] and [[Pittstown, New York|Pittstown]].