The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗De Graff was named in honor of a railroad official. Different sources format the community's name in several different ways: besides the official De Graff, the name has been rendered De Graft, DeGraff, Degraff, and Degraft.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart De Graff’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how De Graff’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10De Graff, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in De Graff is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean De Graff has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is McColly Covered Bridge in Bloomfield, 6.1 miles away.
De Graff and the nearest listed places
Closest to De Graff
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.