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ROTARY'S FIRST 100 CLUBS WITH ANNIVESARY DATES
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FIRST 100 CLUBS

(From the Archives of Rotary International) Prepared by Cyndi Beck, highlighted item added by Rotary Global History editors

Dates for the first 16 are organizational clubs. The association was created on 18 August 1910; after which they are admission dates. The club numbers are correct as assigned, however Hartford, Connecticut should have been #21 and Winnipeg, Ontario, Canada, should have been #39 according to their dates. (also see the 2006 explanation)

1.	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.	23 February 1905
2.	San Francisco, California, U.S.A.	12 November 1908
3.	Oakland, California, U.S.A.	05 February 1909
4.	Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.	15 June 1909
5.	Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.	25 June 1909
6.	New York, New York, U.S.A.	24 August 1909
7.	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.	27 December 1909
8.	Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.	03 February 1910
9.	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.	18 February 1910
10.	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.	19 February 1910
11.	Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.	22 February 1910
12.	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.	23 February 1910
13.	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.	15 May 1910
14.	Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.	06 June 1910
15.	Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.	25 May 1910
16.	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.	25 July 1910

National Association of Rotary Clubs - 18 August 1910

17.

Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.

26 November 1910

18.

Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

26 April 1911

19.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

30 April 1911

20.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

3 June 1911

21.

Spokane, Washington; U.S.A.

17 July 1911

22.

Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

17 July 1911

23.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

17 July 1911

24.

Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

17 July 1911

25.

Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A.

17 July 1911*

26.

Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.

14 July 1911*

27.

Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A.

1 August 1911

28.

Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.

22 August 1911

29.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

7 October 1911

30.

Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A.

18 November 1911

31.

Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

9 December 1911

32.

St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.A.

1 February 1912

33.

San Diego, California, U.S.A.

5 February 1912

34.

Davenport, Iowa, U.S.A.

16 February 1912

35.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

13 April 1912

36.

Rochester, New York, U.S.A.

5 March 1912*

37.

Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.

1 March 1912*

38.

Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.

5 March 1912

39.

Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

9 April 1912

40.

Superior, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

1 May 1912

41.

Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.

1 May 1912

42.

Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.

1 June 1912

43.

Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.A.

1 June 1912

44.

Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.

1 June 1912

45.

Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.

23 July 1912

46.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

1 August 1912

47.

Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A.

1 August 1912

48.

Baltimore Maryland, U.S.A.

1 August 1912

49.

Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.

1 August 1912

50.

London, England

1 August 1912

NARC becomes the International Association of Rotary Clubs 9 August 1912, at the 1912 Convention in Duluth

51.

Worcester, Massachusetts

1 September 1912

52.

San Antonio, Texas

1 November 1912

53.

Houston, Texas

1 November 1912

54.

Sioux City, Iowa

1 December 1912

55.

Toronto, Ont., Canada

1 March 1913

56.

Birmingham, Alabama

1 March 1913

57.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1 March 1913

58.

Indianapolis, Indiana

1 March 1913

59.

Camden, New Jersey

1 April 1913

60.

Glasgow, Scotland

1 April 1913

61.

Vancouver, BC, Canada

1 April 1913

62.

Edinburgh, Scotland

1 May 1913

63.

Austin, Texas

1 May 1913

64.

Binghamton, New York

1 May 1913

65.

Dublin, Ireland

1 May 1913

66.

Manchester, Lancaster, England

1 May 1913

67.

Belfast, Ireland

1 May 1913

68.

Albany, New York

1 May 1913

69.

Richmond, Virginia

1 June 1913

70.

Patterson, New Jersey

1 June 1913

71.

Madison, Wisconsin

1 June 1913

72.

Beaumont, Texas

1 June 1913

73.

Galveston, Texas

1 June 1913

74.

Waco, Texas

1 June 1913

75.

Fort Worth, Texas

1 July 1913

76.

Peoria, Illinois

1 July 1913

77.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

1 August 1913

78.

Joliet, Illinois

1 August 1913

79.

Atlanta, Georgia

1 August 1913

80.

Liverpool, Lancaster, England

1 August 1913

81.

Halifax, NS, Canada

1 August 1913

82.

Hamilton, Ont., Canada

1 August 1913

83.

Springfield, Illinois

1 August 1913

84.

Terre Haute, Indiana

1 October 1913

85.

Montreal, Que., Canada

1 October 1913

86.

Montgomery , Alabama

1 November 1913

87.

Muskogee, Oklahoma

1 November 1913

88.

Reading, Pennsylvania

1 December 1913

89.

New Castle, Pennsylvania

1 December 1913

90.

Victoria, BC Canada

1 January 1914

91.

Erie, Pennsylvania

1 January 1914

92.

Stockton, California

1 February 1914

93.

Saginaw, Michigan

1 February 1914

94.

Nashville, Tennessee

1 February 1914

95.

Savannah, Georgia

1 February 1914

96.

Memphis, Tennessee

1 February 1914

97.

Sacramento, California

1 February 1914

98.

Springfield, Ohio

1 March 1914*

99.

Little Rock, Arkansas

1 March 1914*

100.

Phoenix, Arizona

1 March 1914* (*additional clubs on 1 March)

All of our lists and records reflect two things -- that the charter numbers are 36. Rochester and 37. Omaha BUT that Omaha was organized and chartered first. I do not have any documents that support number 36 for Omaha or 37 for Rochester. (A similar issue exists with 25 Duluth and 26 Hartford, ed)

Omaha's official charter date is 1 March 1912. Rochester's official charter date is 5 March 1912. The old Official Directories say that Omaha was organized in August of 1911 and Rochester in September of 1911. I looked up the historical binders for each club and found that the Rochester binder has been lost. The Omaha binder contains correspondence regarding the club's election for membership in May of 1925 but the club is given credit for a March 1 charter date -- maybe because all but one of the 'yes' votes from the board were filed earlier. It is unclear from the papers I have why this was the case. So it seems likely that there was a delay in getting the charter to Omaha, and in the mean time the Rochester club was given a charter number of 36, the next one available. So Omaha was the 36th club but was assigned the charter number 37.

I am attaching a one-page document that I send out often to Rotarians who want to know what their club number means. I hope this helps!

Francine Keyes
Reference Archivist
Rotary International Archives

The following historic list was provided by Robin Dillow of the RI Archives

The "WHEN ISSUED" dates here refer to the issuance of the new charter for the "International Association of Rotary Clubs" and this list then must include all the "Charter Clubs" of the new association. Those who were charted on June 2, 1913 that is.

LIST OF CLUBS & CHARTER DATES THROUGH 1915

Name	Number		Date		Date		1910
			Organised		Issued		Population
Chicago, Ill	1		Feb..23.1905		June 2.1913		2,185,283
San Francisco, Cal	2		Nov. 13.1908		" "		416,912
Oakland, Cal	3		Feb -- 1909		" "		150,174
Seattle, Wash	4		June15 1909		" "		237,194
Los Angeles, Cal	5		June 251909		" "		319,198
New York City, NY	6		Aug..241909		" "		4,766,883
Boston, Mass	7		Dec. 7.1909		" "		670,585
Tacoma, Wash	8		Feb 3.1910		" "		83,743
Minneapolis, Minn	9		Feb.18.1910		" "		301,408
Saint Paul, Minn	10		Feb.19.1910		" "		214,764
Saint Louis, Mo	11		Feb.22.1910		" "		687,029
New Orleans, La	12		" "		" "		339,075
Kansas City, Mo	13		May.15.1910		" "		248,381
Lincoln, Nebr.	14		June. 6.1910		" "		43,973
Portland, Ore.	15		May.25.1910		" "		207,214
Detroit, Mich.	16		July 25.1910		" "		465,766
Cincinnati, Ohio	17		Nov. 26.1910		" "		363,561
Cleveland, Ohio	18		Apr 26.1911		" "		560,663
Philadelphia, Pa.	19		July 30.1911		" "		1,549,008
Pittsburgh, Pa.	20		June 3.1911		": "		583,905
Spokane, Wash.	21		July 17.1911		" "		104,402
Providence, RI	22		" "		" "		224,326
Harrisburg, Pa.	23		" "		" "		64,168
Salt Lake City, Utah	24		July.12.1911		" "		92,777
Duluth, Minn.	25		July 17.1911		" "		78,466
Hartford, Conn.	26		July.14.1911		" "		98,915
Des Moines, Iowa	27		Aug. 1.1911		" "		86,368
Buffalo, N.Y.	28		Aug.22.1911		" "		423,715
Oklahoma City, Okla.	29		Oct.. 7.1911		" "		64,205
Wichita, Kans.	30		Nov.18.1911		" "		52,450
Denver, Colo.	31		Dec 9.1911		" "		213,381
Saint Joseph, Mo.	32		Feb. 1.1912		" "		77,403
San Diego, Cal.	33		Feb. 5.1912		" "		39,578
Davenport, Iowa	34		Feb.16.1912		" "		43,028
Winnipeg, Man., Canada	35		Apr. 13.1912		" "
Rochester, N.Y.	36		Apr. 5.1912		" "		218,149
Omaha, Nebr.	37		Mar. 1 .1912		" "		124,095
Columbus, Ohio	38		Mar. 5. 1912		June. 2.1913		181,511
Dallas, Tex.	39		Apr.19 1912		" "		92,104
Superior, Wis.	40		May 1.1912		" "		40,384
Jacksonville, Fla.	41		" "		" "		57,699
Syracuse, N.Y.	42		" "		" "		137,249
Pueblo, Colo.	43		June 1.1912		" "		43,747
Toledo, Ohio	44		" "		" "		168,497
Louisville, Ky.	45		July 23.1912		" "		223,928
Washington, D.C.	46		Aug. 1.1912		" "		331,069
Dayton, Ohio	47		" "		" "		116,577
Baltimore, Md.	48		" "		" "		558,485
Newark, N.J.	49		" "		" "		347,469
London, England	50		" "		" "
Worcester, Mass.	51		July. 1.1912		" "		145,986
San Antonio, Tex.	52		Nov.. 1.1912		" "		96,614
Houston, Tex.	53		" "		" "		78,800
Sioux City, Iowa	54		Dec.. 1.1912		" "		47,826
Toronto, Ont., Canada	55		Mar. 1 1913		" "
Birmingham, Ala.	56		" "		" "		132,685
Milwaukee, Wis.	57		" "		" "		373,657
Indianapolis, Ind.	58		" "		" "		233,650
Camden, N.J.	59		Apr. 1.1913		" "		94,538
Glasgow, Scotland	60		" "		" "
Vancouver, B.C., Canada		61		May. 1.1913		" "
Edinburgh, Scotland	62		" "		" "
Austin, Tex.	63		" "		" "		29,860
Binghamton, N.Y.	64		" "		" "		48,443
Dublin, Ireland	65		" "		" "
Manchester, England	66		" "		" "
Belfast, Ant., Nthn Ireland	67		" "		" "
Albany, N.Y.	68		" "		" "		100,253
Richmond, Va.	69		" "		" "		127,628
Paterson, N.J.	70		June. 1.1913		" "		125,600
Madison, Wis.	71		" "		" "		25, 531
Beaumont, Tex.	72		" "		" "		20,640
Galveston, Tex.	73		" "		" "		36,981
Waco, Tex	74		" "		" "		26,425
Fort Worth, Tex.	75		July. 1.1913		" "		73,312
Peoria, Ill.	76		" "		" "		66,950
Grand Rapids, Mich.	77		Aug. 1.1913		Aug 1 1913		112,571
Joliet, Ill.	78		" "		" "		34,670
Atlanta, Ga.	79		" "		" "		154,839
Liverpool, Lancs, England		80		" "		" "
Halifax, N.S., Canada	81		" "		" "
Hamilton, Ont, Canada	82		" "		" "
Springfield, Ill.	83		" "		" "		51,678
Terre Haute, Ind.	84		" "		Oct 1.1913		58,157
Montreal, Que., Canada	85		Oct. 1.1913		" "
Montgomery, Ala.	86		Nov. 1.1913		Nov. 1.1913		36,136
Muskogee, Okla.	87		" "		" "		23.278
Reading, Pa.	88		Dec 1.1913		Dec 1.1913		96,071
New Castle, Va.	89		" "		Jan. 1.1914		36,280
Victoria, B.C., Canada	90		Jan. 1.1914		" "
Eerie, Pa.	91		" "		" "		66,525
Stockton, Cal.	92		Feb. 1.1914		Feb. 1.1914		23,253
Saginaw, Mich.	93		" "		" "		50,510
Nashville, Tenn.	94		" "		" "		110,364
Savannah, Ga	95		" "		" "		65,064
Memphis, Tenn.	96		" "		" "		131,105
Sacramento, Cal.	97		" "		" "		44,696
Springfield, Ohio	98		Mar. 1.1914		Mar 1.1914		46,921
Little Rock, Ark.	99		" "		" "		45,941
Phoenix, Ariz.	100		" "		" "		11,134
Scranton, Pa.	101		" "		" "		129,867
Evansville, Ind.	102		" "		" "		69,647
Chattanooga, Tenn	103		" "		" "		44,604
Macon, Ga.	104		" "		" "		40,665
South Bend, Ind.	105		" "		" "		53,684
Brooklyn, N.Y.	106		Apr. 1.1914		Apr. 1.1914		1,634,351
Akron, Ohio	107		" "		" "		69,067
Birmingham, England	108		" "		" "
Shreveport, La.	109		" "		" "		28,015
Cleburne, Tex.	110		" "				10,364
Valentine, Tex.	111		" "		" "		10,482
Rock Island, Ill.	112		May 1 1914		May 1.1914		24,335
Calgary, Alberta, Canada		113		" "		" "
Norfolk, Va.	114		" "		" "		67,452
McKeesport, Fla.	115		" "		" "		42,694
San Jose. Cal.	116		" "		" "		28,946
Tampa, Fla.	117		June 1.1914		June 1.1914		37,782
Cedar Rapids, Iowa	118		" "		" "		32,811
El Paso, Tex..	119		" "		" "		39,273
Mobile, Ala.	120		" "		" "		51,521
Allentown, Pa.	121		" "				51,913
Troy, N.Y.	122		" "		" "		76,813
Roanoke, Va.	123		" "		" "		36,874
Raleigh, N.C.	124 .		Aug. 1.1914		Aug. 1.1914		19,218
Corpus Christi, Tex.	125		" "		" "		8,222
St. John, N.B., Canada	126		" "		" "
Rome, Ga.	127		Oct 1 1914		Oct. 1.1914		12,099
Ottawa, Ill.	128		" "		" "		9,535
Trenton, N.J.	129		" "		" "		96,815
Topeka, Kans.	130		Nov 1.1914		Nov 1.1914		43,684
Moline, Ill.	131		" "		" "		24,199
Watertown, N.Y.	132		Dec 1.1914		Dec 1.1914		26,730
Galesburg, Ill.	133		" "		" "		22,089
Bay City, Mich.	134		Jan 1.1915		Jan 1.1915.		45,166
Piqua, Ohio	135		" "		" "		13,388
Wausau, Wis.	136		" "		" "		16,560
Youngstown, Ohio	137		Feb 1.1915		Feb 1.1915		79,066
Augusta, Ga.	138		" "		"		41,040
Paducah, Ky.	139		" "		" "		22,760
Butte, Mont.	140		" "		" "		39,165
Atlantic City, N.J.	141		" "		" "		46,150
Kalamazoo, Mich.	142		Apr 1.1915		Apr 1.1915		39,437
Lima, Ohio	143		" "		" "		30,508
Jackson, Miss.	144		" "		" "		21,262
Tulsa, Okla.	145		" "		"		18.182
Canton, Ohio	146		" "		" "		50,217
Port Arthur, Tex.	147		" "		" "		7,663
Wilmington, Del.	148		" "		" "		87,411
Easton, Pa.	149		" "		" "		28,523
Wilmington, N.C.	150		" "		" "		25,748
Vincennes, Ind.	151				" "		14,895
Asheville, N.C.	152				" "		18,762
Council Bluffs, Iowa	153				" "		29,292
Fort Wayne, Ind.	154				" "		63,933
Wheeling, W.Va.	155				May 1.1915		41,641
Zanesville, Ohio	156				" "		28,036
Pottsville, Pa.	157				" "		20,236
Quincy, Ill.	158				" "		36,587
Bloomington, Ill.	159				" "		25,768
Utica, N.Y.	160				" "		74,419
Highland Park, Mich.	161				" "		4,120
Pensacola, Fla.	162				June. 1.1915		22,982
Auburn, N.Y.	163				" "		34,668
McAlester, Okla.	164				" "		11,774
Rogerstown, Md	165				" "		16,507
Ithaca, N.Y.	166				" "		14,802
Haverhill, Mass.	167				" "		44,115
Waterloo, Iowa	168				July . 1.1915		26,693
Huntington, W.Va.	169