There is a check digit calculation which is compulsory in the US. The way the system works is that in order to validate a vehicle identification number through the vehicle identification number check digit, either the buyer removes the check digit or multiplies it with zero.
Grafton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population, indicated by the 2014 town records is 14, 268, in nearly 5,700 households. Incorporated in 1735, Grafton is the home of a Nipmuc village known as Hassanamisco Reservation, the Willard House and Clock Museum, Community Harvest Project, and the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
In 1852, land was surveyed and Grafton was started, The State of Virginia gave Grafton a charter on March 15, 1856. The first store was opened by Thomas McGraw on May 1, 1852. Some believe the town was named for John Grafton, a civil engineer employed by Benjamin H. Latrobe, the B&Oâs chief engineer. Others believe the name came from when the Northwestern Virginia Railroad Company âgraft onâ to the B&Oâs main steam at the junction of the Tygart Valley River and Three Fork Creek.