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PA State Grange History Committee
Doug Bonsall, Chair
PO Box 765, Dauphin, PA   17018-0765
Phone:  717-921-1957

Email: douglas.b@verizon.net



The Pennsylvania State Grange was formally founded in September 1873 at an organizational meeting held in the city of Reading, and has a proud history of accomplishment over nearly 150 years of service.   The State Grange History Committee is committed to both preserving important records of the organization and making that historical information more readily accessible to interested readers, both members of the organization and visitors to this website.   More historical information will be added as it becomes available.

The Grange spark came to Pennsylvania sometime in 1870 when Luke Eger, a  farmer near Williamsport in Lycoming County, read about the fledgling organization and its rapid growth in some parts of the country.   Within a year, Eger generated enough interest among his neighbors in Montgomery and Elimsport to form the first local Grange in the state during March 1871.   Click here to learn more about the story of Eagle Grange #1. 

Since that first Grange started in 1871, a total of 2,110 local community (Subordinate) Granges have been organized in the state of Pennsylvania.   Grange numbers are assigned within each state by the National Grange chronologically by date of organization and a charter is issued to the local chapter.     Many of Pennsylvania's local Granges continue to be active in their respective communities today, while others have disbanded, been declared dormant or consolidated with or into other local Granges.  

Much more historical information may be found on the following pages:
  • Eagle Grange #1 -  Pennsylvania's First Grange
  • Listing of Pennsylvania Granges (Charter Ledgers)
  • ​Charter Applications
  • Grange Records Preserved at PA State Archives
  • Historical Highlights by Terms of State Grange Masters/Presidents
  • State Grange Annual Sessions & Honor Roll
  • Brief History Slide Program
  • Published Histories of the PA State Grange 
  • Journals of Proceedings
  • Newsletter Publications
  • ​Executive Committee Minutes
  • Officers' Registers


For a brief background about the organization and history of The National Grange, click on http://www.pagrange.org/grange-background--history.html.                 

                        Standing PA State Grange History Committee
                                                  (also functioning as 150th Anniversary Committee)

Bonsall, Doug (chair), PO Box 765,  Dauphin, PA  17018
Douglas.b@verizon.net, 717-921-1957 (home), 717-460-0723 (cell)

Campbell, Wayne (ex officio),  1791 Shull Hill Road, Newport, PA   17074
president@pagrange.org, 717-737-8855 (State Office), 717-275-5045 (cell)

Mohn, Steve/Karen/Ashley, 308 Mill Road, Womelsdorf, PA   19567
askmohn@comcast.net, 610-589-2473

Nauss, Anna May (treasurer), 10 West Schoolside Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA   17055
amnauss@aol.com,  717-697-5104, 717-512-9628 (cell)

Nauss, Jennifer, 10 West Schoolside Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA   17055
Jnauss89@gmail.com, 717-512-1261 (cell)

Tau, Susan (secretary), 14687 West Road, Saegertown, PA  16433
Setau919@windstream.net, 814-763-4831 (home), 814-720-6319 (cell)

PA State Grange
26 CJEMS Lane

Mifflintown, PA 17059

(717) 737-8855
pagrange@pagrange.org

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  • Upcoming Events
    • 150th Anniversary Session - 2023
    • State Grange 150th Anniversary
  • About Us
    • communications
    • Contact Us
    • Distinguished Grange Program
    • Grange in Action
    • Find a Local Grange
    • Grange Background & History
  • Departments
    • Deaf & Community Services
    • Family Activites
    • Grange Foundation
    • History Committee >
      • Pennsylvania's First Grange - Eagle #1
      • Listing of Pennsylvania Granges (Charter Ledgers)
      • Charter Applications
      • Grange Records Preserved at PA State Archives
      • Brief History Slide Program
      • Published Histories
      • Historical Highlights by Terms
      • State Grange Annual Sessions & Honor Roll
      • Journals of Proceedings >
        • Journals of Proceedings 1873-1899
        • Journals of Proceedings 1900-1924
        • Journals of Proceedings 1925-1949
        • Journals of Proceedings 1950-1974
        • Journals of Proceedings 1975-1999
        • Journals of Proceedings 2000-Present
      • Newsletter Publications >
        • PA Grange News 1905-1909
        • PA Grange News 1910-1919
        • PA Grange News 1920-1929
        • PA Grange News 1930-1939
        • PA Grange News 1940-1949
        • PA Grange News 1950-1959
        • PA Grange News 1960-1969
        • PA Grange News 1970-1979
        • PA Grange News 1980-1989
        • PA Grange News 1990-1999
        • PA Grange News 2000-2009
        • PA Grange News 2010-2019
        • PA Grange News 2020-Present
      • Executive Committee Minutes
      • Officer Registers >
        • Officer Registers Prior to 1900
        • Officer Registers 1900-1909
        • Officer Registers 1910-1919
        • Officer Registers 1920-1929
        • Officer Registers 1930-1939
        • Officer Registers 1940-1949
        • Officer Registers 1950-1959
        • Officer Registers 1960-1969
        • Officer Registers 1970-1979
        • Officer Registers 1991-2000
        • Officer Registers 1980-1990
        • Officer Registers 1991-2000
        • Officer Registers 2001-20100
        • Officer Registers 2011-2020
    • Juniors
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    • Legislative
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    • Youth
    • Pennsylvania State Grange Heritage Quilt Trail >
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