Why is it called a Grange?
The term grange comes from the Latin word for grain and was used in England to describe a farm and its buildings. The first local Grange was started in Washington, D. C. 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.
What replaced the Grange?
By 1880 the Grange movement began to decline, replaced by the Farmers’ Alliances. By 1890 the Alliance movements had members from New York to California totaling about 1. A parallel African-American organization, the Colored Farmers National Alliance, numbered over a million members. 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.
How old is the Grange?
The first successful national farming organization was the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, better known as the Grange, founded in 1867. The term grange comes from the Latin word for grain and was used in England to describe a farm and its buildings. The first local Grange was started in Washington, D. C.