Is the grange still around?
Over the years, members fought for many issues like railroad regulations, farm loans and universal suffrage, and the National Grange still exists today with 2,000 local community Granges across 41 states and nearly 80,000 members. The Grange is a community-based national organization that provides members the opportunity to lead, the opportunity to learn, and the ability to make a difference through community service, grassroots legislative advocacy and educational programs.
What was the official name for the grange?
The formal, legal name of the organization (which as we know is commonly referred to as “the Grange”) including all of its chapters, divisions and affiliated entities, as created in the original constitution in 1868 and carried forward to this day is “The Order of Patrons of Husbandry. The term “Grange” was originally . Wikipedia says that the full name of a “Grange” is the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. The grange hall was the meeting place for farmers and the order of the grange was an advocacy group for farmers and their needs.The Patrons of Husbandry, or the Grange, was founded in 1867 to advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the United States.