Capital District Kiwanis History

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Kiwanis International Districts
Source: Kiwanis International "The Original 29 Districts of Kiwanis"
From the book Dimensions of Service, The Kiwanis Story by L.A. “Larry” Hapgood.

See KI Clubs for all clubs 1915 to January 2019

Alabama-Florida District was organized informally in the fall of 1918. (Alabama K 01, Florida K05)
Birmingham AL organized February 28, 1917 (41st KI Club K00013).
Mobile AL organized June 4, 1918 (144th KI Club K00139).
Tampa FL organized June 18, 1918 ( 146th KI Club K00143)
Pensacola FL organized July 10, 1919 (152nd KI Club K00148)
Gadsden AL orgainzed July 14, 1919 (153rd KI Club K00149)
Huntsville AL organized July 14, 1919 (154th KI Club K00150)
Jacksonville FL organized Oct 23, 1919

Alabama-Florida District continued under that name until the Kiwanis International Board met in July 1924. At that meeting the Board designated the two states independent districts.
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Californa District (K02) organized in the fall of 1918.
Los Angeles, CA organized August 24, 1917. (67th KI Club K00067)
Long Beach, CA organized Sept 16, 1919 K00160
Pasadena, CA organized April 29, 1920 K00239
Oakland, CA organized May 15, 1920 K00248

On March 24, 1923, Nevada became affiliated with the district, and the Kiwanis International Board approved the name of California-Nevada District at a meeting in December 1924.
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Carolina District (K04)
Ashville NC organized August 11, 1919
Charlotte NC organized August 27, 1919
Greenville SC organized September 20, 1919

Originally, the first clubs in the Carolinas were added to the Tennessee District, which had been formed with three clubs in the fall of 1918. On October 25, 1919, the Tennessee-Carolinas District was created by action of the International Board. The man chosen to be governor never served, however, and the district never did function in that combined form. Finally, at a meeting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on January 12, 1920, it was deemed advisable to separate the Carolinas and the Tennessee clubs and form a new district to be known as the Carolinas.
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Capital District (K03) organized August 29, 1918
Washington DC organized August 11, 1917
Baltimore City MD
Wilmington DE
Richmond VA
Norfolk VA
Roanoke VA
Portsmouth VA
Lynchburg VA

The Capital District, comprising Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and the District of Columbia.
Alfred G. Goodrich was elected the first governor at the October 4, 1919 convention and served to Oct 9 1920.
J.D. Hank Jr. of Richmond VA was elected and served till December 31, 1921.  
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Georgia District (K06) organized fall of 1918
Atlanta GA organized May 27, 1918
Rome GA organized
Augusta
Savannah
Athens
Macon
Americaus
Albany Eastman
Milledgeville
Washington
Cedartown
Waycross
Dawson
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Illionis District organized September 27, 1918 - Iowa District (K 07)
Aurora IL formed September 20, 1916
Peoria IL organized November 6, 1916
Chicago IL organized January 6, 1917

A section of Eastern Iowa was added to the district by the Executive Committee of the Kiwanis International Board on October 25, 1919, thus forming the Illinois-Eastern Iowa District
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Indiana District organized December 27, 1918 (K 08)
with 7 clubs
Indianapolis IN organized August 17, 1916
Lafayette organized September 8, 1916
South Bend organized October 28, 1916
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Kentucky - Tennessee District organized fall 1918 (K 09)
Louisville KY organized November 1, 1916
Nashville TN organized February 28, 1917
Chattanooga TN organized March 9, 1918
Memphis TN organized June 20, 1918

The Carolinas clubs were added to the Tennessee District, but because no governor was appointed to succeed Ewing, the so-called Tennessee-Carolinas District never functioned. A decision was made to establish a separate Carolinas District on January 12, 1920.

Kentucky was asked to join the Tennessee clubs.

Memphis had been completed June 20, 1918, but this club was among those in Tennessee that became a part of the Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District.
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Louisiana-Mississippi District organized January 9, 1920
New Orleans LO organized March 29, 1919
Jackson organized April 21, 1919
Baton Rouge LO organized April 24, 1919
Alexandria
Lake Charles LO
Jackson Mississippi

It was not until November 4, 1938, that the West Tennessee territory was added and the name of the district was changed to Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee (K 11).
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Michigan Federation of Kiwanis Clubs formed April 25, 1918 (K 12)
Detroit MI completed January 21, 1915 (1st club)
Grand Rapids MI organized November 3, 1916
Muskegon MI organized December 13, 1916

In June 1918, the idea of a district plan for the whole organization was presented at the Kiwanis International convention in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Minnesota District formed fall 1918
Duluth ND organized January 30, 1917
Minneapolis Minnesota organized April 18 1917
St. Paul Minnesota organized November 15, 1917

North and South Dakota were combined with Minnesota to form the Minnesota-Dakotas District (K 13) by the Kiwanis International Board on November 27, 1920.
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Missourie District was established fall 1918
St. Louis MO organized April 16, 1918
Kansas City MO organized October 12, 1918
Lawrence KS organized Novermber 28, 1919

On November 27, 1920, the Executive Committee of the Kiwanis International Board combined Kansas with Missouri to form the Missouri-Kansas District (K 14). On June 30, 1923, Arkansas was affiliated with the district to form the Missouri-Kansas-Arkansas District, which was to continue until Kansas became a separate district in the early 1950s.
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Montana District (K 15) created June 24, 1921
Great Falls organized Sept 1 1920
Billings organized Oct. 18, 1920
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Nebraska - Western Iowa District created January 6, 1920
Omaha NB organized February 13, 1919
Lincoln NB organized March 21, 1919
Des Moines IA organized June 30, 1919

On May 29, 1922, the district name was changed to Nebraska-Iowa (K 16).
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New England District (K 17) formed November 15, 1918
13 clubs at the time
Hartford CT organized July 15, 1916
Worcester MA organized November 11, 1916
Springfield MA organized January 10, 1917
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New Jersey District organized September 1918 (K 18)
Newark organized January 10, 1918
Paterson organized February 15, 1918
Trenton organized May 15, 1918
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New York District September 27, 1918 (K 19)
Rochester organized May 1, 1916 George F. Hixson president and 1st KI president
Lockport organized July 3, 1916
Buffalo organized July 3, 1916

George F. Hixson, the first president of Kiwanis International, 1st president of Rochester club.
Albert Dodge, the first secretary of Kiwanis International, 1st president of the Buffalo club.
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Ohio District organized September 26, 1918 (K 20)
Cleveland organized October 19, 1915 (2nd club in Kiwanis)
Columbus organized May 10, 1916
Dayton organized May 31, 1916

There were 10 clubs in the district.
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Ontario-Quebec District organized September 25, 1918
Hamilton Canada organized November 1, 1916 (1st Cananda club)
Toronto organized June 8, 1917
Ottawa organized
Montreal organized

The first change of name for the district came on December 7, 1927, when Maritime was added making the name the Ontario-Quebec-Maritime District. Later, a Board request to change of name to Eastern Canada and the Caribbean District (K 21) to reflect addition of the Caribbean nations.
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Pacific Northwest District organized 1918 (K 22)
Tacoma WA organized October 8, 1918
Portland OR organized December 28, 1918
Seattle WA organized January 16, 1919

In 1950, steps were taken to add Alaska to the territory of the Pacific-Northwest District.
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Pensylvania District organized September 25, 1918 (K 23)
Pittsburgh PA organized January 31, 1916 (3rd KI Club K00003)
Erie PA organized August 26, 1916 (18th KI Club K00040)
Scranton PA organized April 18, 1917 (49th KI Club K00011)
Lancaster PA organized May 04, 1917 (53rd KI Club K00063)
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Colorado District organized September 25, 1918
Denver CO organized February 2, 1918
Pueblo CO organized Octover 4, 1920
Colorado Springs CO organized December 22, 1920

Wyoming was combined with Colorado to form the Colorado-Wyoming District on November 27, 1920.
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Southwest District organized October 12, 1918 (K 25)
El Paso TX organized March 10, 1917
Phoenix AZ organied May 15, 1917
Albuquerque NM organized October 3, 1917
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Texas - Oklahoma organized February 10, 1918 (K 26)
Clubs:
Dallas TX organized February 10, 1917
Oklahoma City OK organized April 25, 1918
Tulsa OK organized June 7 1918
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Utah District organized March 24, 1919 ( K 27)
Salt Lake City, UT organized October 10, 1918
Pocatello ID organized August 5, 1920
Boise ID, organized August 10, 1920

The Executive Committee of the Kiwanis International Board added Idaho to the territory of the district on November 27, 1920. The Utah-Idaho District came into existence as of December 16 of the same year. By mutual agreement, ratified by the Kiwanis International Board, the panhandle of Idaho consisting of 10 counties north of the Salmon River was added to the Pacific Northwest District in July of 1925.
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Manitoba organized October 9, 1918
Winnipeg organized June 15, 1917
Brandon organized February 7, 1919
Regina organized March 11, 1919

With the establishment of clubs in various surrounding territories, the district name was changed to Middle Provinces and finally to Western Canada District (K 28) at the request of district leaders.
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West Virginia was organized September 2, 1919 (K 29)
Charleston organized September 24, 1918
Wheeling organized January 2, 1919
Huntington organized June 11, 1919
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Wisconsin District organized Septermber 24, 1918
Milwaukee WI organized Oct 24, 1916
Madison WI organized Feb. 5 1917
Racine organized March 29, 1917

Upper Michigan was joined to Wisconsin to form the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan District ( K 30) by the Executive Committee of the Kiwanis International Board on November 27, 1920. The 1921 convention was January 19-20 in Racine, Wisconsin.