The National Grange was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1867 with a primary focus on agriculture and local communities. As the country was settled, the grange expanded. Each state has its own state grange that is affiliated with the national grange. Each county in a state has multiple granges. The county-level grange is called a Pomona Grange. The Pomona is followed by the subordinate or community level granges. Typically, each county has several local granges. Often, those local granges have meeting halls of different sizes. The Pomona (county) granges do not have meeting facilities, as they usually meet each month in different local granges around their respective counties. The tradition of the grange at all levels, is to support their local communities through events and sharing their meeting spaces. This is in keeping with the founding purpose of the National Grange, established more than 150 years ago. While the grange was originally founded with a focus on agriculture, the grange today is more than agriculture. Each local grange is a reflection of the local community that it serves. Groups ranging from scout troops to church meetings to weddings, regularly occur in grange halls around the state and country.
Each grange is a not-for-profit organization and comprises members from all parts of our local communities. If you would like more information or would like to join, please click on the contact tab above.