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Grafton, New Mexico, ghost town in Sierra County
Grafton, in Sierra County, was about 7 miles northwest of Chloride. It was
a mining town in 1878 and by 1883 had 75 houses--and was an important camp in
the Black Range and the Apache Mining District. In 1884, Grafton folks
opened a school with 7 students. But by 1892, the mines had petered out
and only about 15 houses and 20 people remained. Turkey Creek flooded in
1957 and washed away most of the abandoned buildings still standing, and
now (2002) nothing remains. It's a ghost town. However, one of Grafton's
original buildings did survive. In 1976, a one-room log cabin dating from
the 1880's on a high hill away from flood waters was moved from Grafton
to Las Cruces in celebration of the nation's Bicentennial.