RGHF Rotary Global History Fellowship

 

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The first 100 and others

This was the very first of 3,000 pages for RGHF

This project began on the club website of Rotary Club of Pueblo, CO, USA #43 on the 11th of October of 2000. Within weeks, the effort became an independent website at www.rotaryfirstfifty.org (represented on this page) and soon was expanded to the "First 100 Clubs" at www.rotaryfirst100.org . Today this 1,700 page website is maintained by a dedicated group of Rotary historians. This page is useful for locating any of the "early clubs."

ALBANY 68 AUSTIN 63 ATLANTA 79 BEAUMONT 72 BALTIMORE 48 BINGHAMTON 64 BELFAST, IRE 67 BIRMINGHAM 56 BOSTON 7 BUFFALO 28 CAMDEN 59 CHICAGO 1 CINCINNATI 17 CLEVELAND 18 COLUMBUS 38 DALLAS 39 DAVENPORT 34 DAYTON 47 DENVER 31 DES MOINES 27 DETROIT 16 DUBLIN, IRE 65 DULUTH 25 ERIE 91 EDINBURGH, SC 62 FT. WORTH 75 GALVESTON 73 GLASGOW, SC 60 GRAND RAPIDS 77 HALIFAX, CA 81 HAMILTON, CA 82 HARRISBURG 23 HARTFORD 26 HOUSTON 53 INDIANAPOLIS 58 JACKSONVILLE 41 JOLIET 78 KANSAS CITY 13 LINCOLN 14 LITTLE ROCK 99 LIVERPOOL, UK 80 LONDON 50 LOS ANGELES 5 Rotary's First 100 Clubs  LOUISVILLE 45 MADISON 71 MANCHESTER UK 66 MEMPHIS 96 MILWAUKEE 57 MINNEAPOLIS 9 MONTGOMERY 86 MONTREAL, CA 85 MUSKOGEE 87 NEW CASTLE 89 NEW ORLEANS 12 NEW YORK 6 NEWARK 49 NASHVILLE 94 OKLAHOMA CITY 29 OAKLAND 3 OMAHA 37 PATERSON 70 PEORIA 76 PHILADELPHIA 19 PHOENIX 100 PITTSBURGH 20 PORTLAND 15 PROVIDENCE 22 PUEBLO 43 READING 88 RICHMOND 69 ROCHESTER 36 SACRAMENTO 97 SAGINAW 93 ST. JOSEPH 32 ST. LOUIS 11 ST. PAUL 10 SALT LAKE CITY 24 SAN ANTONIO 52 SAN DIEGO 33 SAN FRANCISCO 2 SAVANNAH 95 SEATTLE 4 SIOUX CITY 54 SPOKANE 21 SPRINGFIELD, IL 83 SPRINGFIELD, OH 98 STOCKTON 92 SUPERIOR 40 SYRACUSE 42 TACOMA 8 TERRE HAUTE 84 TOLEDO 44 TORONTO 55 VANCOUVER 61 VICTORIA 90 WASHINGTON 46 WICHITA 30 WACO 74 WINNIPEG 35 WORCESTER 51

Also see our 2001 Census of the First 100 Clubs, Relinquishing Territory, Why One Only, and "More Than One Club in a Community?"

1 CHICAGO  

2 SAN FRANCISCO

3 OAKLAND  

4 SEATTLE  

5 LOS ANGELES  
6 NEW YORK  7 BOSTON  

8 TACOMA  

9 MINNEAPOLIS  

10 ST. PAUL  

11 ST. LOUIS  

12 NEW ORLEANS  

13 KANSAS CITY 

14 LINCOLN  

15 PORTLAND  

16 DETROIT  

 17 CINCINNATI  

18 CLEVELAND  

19 PHILADELPHIA 

20 PITTSBURGH  

21 SPOKANE  

22 PROVIDENCE  

23 HARRISBURG  

24 SALT LAKE CITY  

25 DULUTH  

26 HARTFORD  

27 DES MOINES 

28 BUFFALO   

29 OKLA. CITY  

30 WICHITA  

31 DENVER  

32 ST. JOSEPH  

33 SAN DIEGO  

34 DAVENPORT   

35 WINNIPEG  

36 OMAHA

 36 ROCHESTER  

38 COLUMBUS  

39 DALLAS  

40 SUPERIOR  

41 JACKSONVILLE  

42 SYRACUSE  

43 PUEBLO  

44 TOLEDO  

45 LOUISVILLE  

46 WASH. DC  

47 DAYTON  

48 BALTIMORE  

49 NEWARK  

50 LONDON  
51 WORCESTER 52 SAN ANTONIO 53 HOUSTON 54 SIOUX CITY 55 TORONTO
56 BIRMINGHAM 57 MILWAUKEE 58 INDIANAPOLIS 59 CAMDEN 60 GLASGOW
61 VANCOUVER 62 EDINBURGH 63 AUSTIN 64 BINGHAMTON 65 DUBLIN
66 MANCHESTER 67 BELFAST 68 ALBANY 69 RICHMOND 70 PATERSON
71 MADISON 72 BEAUMONT 73 GALVESTON 74 WACO 75 FORT WORTH
76 PEORIA 77 GRAND RAPIDS 78 JOLIET 79 ATLANTA 80 LIVERPOOL
81 HALIFAX 82 HAMILTON 83 SPRINGFIELD IL 84 TERRE HAUTE 85 MONTREAL
86 MONTGOMERY 87 MUSKOGEE 88 READING 89 NEW CASTLE 90 VICTORIA
91 ERIE 92 STOCKTON 93 SAGINAW 94 NASHVILLE 95 SAVANNAH
96 MEMPHIS 97 SACRAMENTO 98 SPRINGFIELD OH 99 LITTLE ROCK 100 PHOENIX

These five clubs, below, were all chartered on 1 March 1914 as were No's 98-100 with no apparent consideration as to order
101 SCRANTON 102 EVANSVILLE 103 CHATTANOOGA 104 MACON 105 SOUTH BEND

Historic Landmark Clubs From the appendix to "My Road to Rotary"
200 COLUMBUS 300 HUNTINGTON 400 FORT SCOTT 500 FREMONT 1000 YORK
2000 KETCHIKAN 4000 HANOVER 5000 ROCKMART

 

BOOKMARKED ON THIS PAGE: Clubs, Districts, & Zones  Also see the "Other 100s"

#1 Chicago 23FEB1905 D6450   CITIES  TOP

Founded by Paul Harris

1905-2005 The Chicago Story

#2 SAN FRANCISCO 12NOV08 D5150  Z23 CITIES  TOP

"The Birthplace of "Rotary National" Organized by Homer Wood  & Paul Harris

#3 OAKLAND 5FEB1909   D5170   CITIES  TOP Organized by Homer Wood, founder of SF#2  

#4 SEATTLE 15JUNE1909  D5030   CITIES  TOP Organized by Homer Wood,  SF#2

#5 LOS ANGELES 25JUNE1909 D5280    CITIES  TOP  Organized by Homer Wood, founder of San Francisco

#6 NEW YORK 24AUG1909  D7230  Z32 CITIES TOP

Assisted by a member of San Francisco

#7 Boston 27DEC1909 D7930 ZONE 31 TOP

 #8 TACOMA 3FEB1910 D5020      CITIES  TOP Founded by Seattle 

#9 Minneapolis 18FEB1910 D5950    CITIES  TOP

Assisted by Chicago 

#10 St. Paul 19FEB1910 D5960  ZONE 27  CITIES  TOP Assisted by  Chicago 
#11 Saint Louis 22FEB1910  D6060  ZONE 29  CITIES  TOP

#12 New Orleans 23FEB1910  D6840 ZONE 29  CITIES  TOP

#13 Kansas City 15MAY1910 D6040   ZONE 29 CITIES  TOP

#14 Lincoln 6JUNE1910 D5650    ZONE 27 CITIES  TOP

#15 Portland,  25MAY1910 D5100 ZONE 23 CITIES  TOP

Founded by Seattle 

 #16 Detroit 25JUNE1910 D6400   ZONE 28 CITIES  TOP
#17 Cincinnati  26NOV1910  D6670 ZONE 30   CITIES  TOP

#18 Cleveland 26APRIL1911 D6630  ZONE 28  CITIES  TOP

 

#19 Philadelphia 30APRIL1911 D7450  ZONE 32 CITIES  TOP District Site, Click on "our clubs", then on "Phila"

 

#20 Pittsburgh 3JUNE1911 D7300  ZONE 28  CITIES  TOP

#21 Spokane 17JULY1911 D5080 ZONE 23 CITIES  TOP Sponsored by Seattle   

#22 Providence 17JULY1911 D7950  ZONE 31  CITIES  TOP Sponsored by Boston 

#23 Harrisburg 17JUL1911 D7390 ZONE 32 CITIES  TOP

Sponsored by St. Paul  

#24 Salt Lake City 17JUL1911 D5420  ZONE 25 CITIES  TOP Self sponsored

#25 Duluth 17JAN1911 D5580 ZONE 25 CITIES  TOP The Club that gave Rotary the Wheel & where Rotary became R.I. when Duluth sponsored Winnipeg

#26 Hartford 14JUL1911  D7890   ZONE 31  CITIES  TOP

 

#27 Des Moines 1AUG1911 D6000  ZONE 27 CITIES  TOP

#28 Buffalo 22AUG1911 D7090  ZONE 28  CITIES  TOP Sponsored by New York City 

#29 OK CITY 7OCT1911 D5750 ZONE 26  CITIES  TOP

 

 #30 Wichita 18NOV1911 D5690  ZONE 25 CITIES  TOP Self Sponsored  

#31  DENVER  9DEC1911 D5450 ZONE 25 CITIES  TOP

 

#32 St. Joseph 1FEB1912 D6040  ZONE 29  CITIES  TOP

#33 San Diego 5FEB1912 D5340  ZONE 24 CITIES  TOP

 

Sponsored by Los Angeles 

#34 Davenport 16FEB1912 D6000  ZONE 27 CITIES  TOP

#35 Winnipeg ORGANIZED 3NOV1910 CHARTERED 13APR1912 D5550  ZONE 22 CITIES  TOP

The First International Club
Sponsored by Duluth 

#37 Omaha 1MAR1911 D5650  ZONE 27 CITIES  TOP
#36 ROCHESTER 5MAR1912 D7120 ZONE 31  CITIES  TOP

#38 Columbus 5MAR1912 D6690   ZONE 30  CITIES  TOP

 
#39 Dallas 9APR1912 D5810  ZONE 26  CITIES  TOP

#40 Superior  1MAY1912 D5580  ZONE 25  CITIES  TOP

#41 Jacksonville 1MAY1912 D6970  ZONE 34 CITIES  TOP

#42  Syracuse 1JUN1912  D7150  ZONE 31   CITIES  TOP
#43 PUEBLO 1JUN912 D5470 ZONE 25 CITIES  TOP

#44  TOLEDO 1JUN1912 D6600 ZONE 28   CITIES 
#45 Louisville 23JUL1912 D6710 ZONE 30  CITIES  TOP

#46 DC 1AUG1912 D7620  ZONE 32 CITIES  TOP

#47 Dayton 1AUG1912 D6670 ZONE 30 CITIES  TOP

#48 Baltimore 1AUG1912 D7620  ZONE 32 CITIES  TOP
#49 NEWARK  1Aug1912 D7470  ZONE 32 CITIES  TOP

#50 London 1Aug1912 D1130  ZONE 18 RIBI   CITIES  TOP

#51 WORCESTER 1SEPT1912 D7910 ZONE 31 CITIES  TOP

 #52 SAN ANTONIO INOV1912 D5840  ZONE 26 CITIES  TOP
#53 HOUSTON 1NOV1912 D5890 ZONE 26 CITIES  TOP #54 SIOUX CITY 1DEC1912 D5610 ZONE 25 CITIES  TOP

#55 TORONTO 1MAR1913 D7070 ZONE 22 CITIES  TOP

 

#56 Birmingham 6Feb1913 D6860 Zone30 CITIES  TOP

#57 MILWAUKEE 1MAR1913 D6270 ZONE 27  CITIES  TOP

 

 #58 INDIANAPOLIS 1MAR1913 D6560 ZONE 30 CITIES  TOP
#59 CAMDEN 1APR1913 D7640 ZONE 32 CITIES  TOP #60 GLASGOW 1APR1913 D1230 ZONE 17 RIBI CITIES  TOP
#61 VANCOUVER 1APR1913 D5040 ZONE 22 CITIES  TOP

#62 Edinburgh org 23Sept12 D1130   ZONE 17 RIBI  CITIES  TOP
#63 AUSTIN 1MAY1913 D5870 ZONE 26 CITIES  TOP #64 BINGHAMTON 1MAY1913 D7170 ZONE 31 CITIES  TOP

#65 Dublin 22 Feb 1911  D1160 ZONE 17 RIBI  CITIES

 

 #66 Manchester org 1 Aug 1911 D1050 Z17  RIBI  CITIES  TOP

#67 Belfast org 24Jul11 D1160 ZONE17 RIBI  CITIES  TOP

 #68 ALBANY 1MAY1913 D7190 ZONE 31 CITIES  TOP
#69 RICHMOND 1JUN1913 D7600 ZONE 33 CITIES  TOP #70 PATERSON 1JUN1913 D7490 ZONE 32 CITIES  TOP
#71 MADISON 1JUN1913 D6250 ZONE 27 CITIES  TOP #72 BEAUMONT 1JUN1913 D5910 ZONE 26 CITIES  TOP
#73 GALVESTON 1JUN1913 D5910 ZONE 26 CITIES  TOP #74 WACO 1JUN1913 D5870 ZONE 26 CITIES  TOP
#75 FT. WORTH 1JUN1913 D5790 ZONE 26 CITIES  TOP #76 PEORIA 1JUL1913 D6040 ZONE 29 CITIES
#77 GRAND RAPIDS 1AUG1913 D6290 ZONE28 CITIES  TOP #78 JOLIET 1AUG1913 D6450 ZONE 27 CITIES  TOP

#79 Atlanta 1August1913 D6900 ZONE 34    TOP

 CITIES  Sponsor: Birmingham

 #80 LIVERPOOL 1AUG1913 D1180  ZONE 17 RIBI CITIES  TOP
#81 HALIFAX 1AUG1913 D7820 ZONE 22 CITIES  TOP #82 HAMILTON 1AUG1913 D7090 ZONE 22 CITIES  TOP

#83 SPRINGFIELD IL 1AUG1913 D6460 ZONE 29 CITIES  TOP

 

 #84 Terre Haute 1OCT1913 D6580 Z30 CITIES  TOP
#85 MONTREAL 1OCT1913 D7040 ZONE 22 CITIES  TOP

#86 MONTGOMERY 1NOV1913 D6880 ZONE 30 CITIES  TOP
#87 MUSKOGEE 1NOV1913 D6110 ZONE29  CITIES  TOP

The Muskogee Noon Rotary Club

#88 READING 1DEC1913 D7430 ZONE 32 CITIES  TOP
#89 NEW CASTLE 1DEC1913 D7280 ZONE 28 CITIES  TOP #90 VICTORIA 1JAN1914 D5020 ZONE 22 CITIES  TOP
#91 ERIE 1JAN1913 D7280 ZONE 28 CITIES  TOP #92 STOCKTON 1FEB1914 D5220 ZONE 23 CITIES  TOP  Sponsored by Oakland
#93 SAGINAW 1FEB1914 D6310 ZONE 28 CITIES  TOP #94 NASHVILLE 1FEB1914 D6760 ZONE 30 CITIES  TOP
#95 SAVANNAH 1FEB1914 D6920 ZONE 33 CITIES  TOP #96 MEMPHIS 1FEB1914 D6800 ZONE 30 CITIES  TOP

#97 SACRAMENTO 1FEB1914 D5180 ZONE 23 CITIES  TOP

Sponsored by San Francisco & Oakland

 #98 SPRINGFIELD OH 1MAR1914 D6670 ZONE 30 CITIES  TOP

#99 LITTLE ROCK 1MAR1914 D6150 ZONE 29 CITIES  TOP

#100 Phoenix 1March1914 D5490 ZONE 25 CITIES  TOP

The following five clubs were chartered on 1 March 1914 as were #'s 98-100 with no apparent consideration as to order
#101 SCRANTON 1MAR1914 D7410 ZONE32 CITIES TOP #102 EVANSVILLE  1MAR1914  D6580  ZONE30  CITIES TOP
#103 CHATTANOOGA  1MAR1914  D6780  ZONE30  CITIES TOP #104 MACON  1MAR1914  D6920  ZONE 33  CITIES TOP
#105 SOUTH BEND  1MAR1914  D6540  ZONE28  CITIES TOP #150 Wilmington 1APR1915 D7730 ZONE 33 CITIES  TOP

Historic Landmark Clubs From the appendix to "My Road to Rotary"
#200 COLUMBUS 1FEB1916 D6900  ZONE33  CITIES TOP #300 HUNTINGTON  D6540  1917 ZONE28  CITIES TOP
#400 FORT SCOTT  D6110 1918  ZONE29  CITIES TOP #500 FREMONT  1919 D5650  ZONE27  CITIES TOP
#1000 YORK  D1040  1921 ZONE17  CITIES TOP #2000 KETCHIKAN  1925 D5010  ZONE22  CITIES TOP