The first club in the District was in Boston, MA, organized on March 2, 1916 (the 14th in Kiwanis). Kiwanis Clubs were then charted in Bridgeport, CT; Hartford, CT (July 15, 1916); Worcester, MA (November 11, 1916); and Springfield, MA (January 10, 1917).
The organization of the New England District occurred on November 15, 1918, in Worcester, Massachusetts. There were thirteen clubs in the district at that time. Charles S. Webster of Portland, Maine, was the first governor. He was re-elected the next year at a Springfield MA meeting, and he served until October 8, 1920. At the 1920 convention in Holyoke, MA, Thomas E. Babb, Jr. was elected and he, too, was reelected and served until the end of 1922.
Kiwanis Clubs and Divisions
Effective October 1, 2024
Division 1
MAINE – Caribou and Presque Isle
Division 2
MAINE – Augusta, Bangor Breakfast, Brewer Bangor Area, Dexter Sunrise, Dover-Foxcroft, Greater Waterville, Hampden, Moosehead Lake, Orono-Old Town, Rockland, Three Rivers-Milo
Division 3
MAINE – Lewiston-Auburn, Mid-Coast, Portland, Saco River Valley, Sanford, Scarborough, Standish, Westbrook
Division 4
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Concord, Exeter, Hooksett, Hudson, Laconia, Manchester, Nashua, Salem, The Seacoast (Portsmouth)
Division 5
MASSACHUSETTS – Greater Lawrence, Haverhill, Lowell, Methuen, Pentucket-Haverhill, Westford, Woburn
Division 6
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Berlin, Colebrook, Mt. Washington Valley
VERMONT – St. Johnsbury
Division 7
VERMONT – Barre, Hardwick, Montpelier, Rutland
Division 8
MASSACHUSETTS – Beverly, Danvers, Georgetown, Greater Amesbury, Wilmington
Division 9
MASSACHUSETTS – Allston-Brighton, eKiwanis, Roslindale-West Roxbury, Wellesley
Division 10
MASSACHUSETTS – Chelsea, East Boston, Everett, Malden, Medford, Somerville
Division 11
MASSACHUSETTS – Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Hanson, Marshfield, Milton, Pembroke, Rockland
Division 12
MASSACHUSETTS – Bourne-Wareham, Central Cape Cod, Hyannis, Lower Cape Cod, Mashpee, Plymouth, Sandwich
Division 13
MASSACHUSETTS – Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton
RHODE ISLAND – Aquidneck Island, Newport
Division 14
MASSACHUSETTS – Bernardston, Greenfield, Shelburne Falls, Winchendon
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Claremont, Keene, Peterborough, Winchester
VERMONT – Brattleboro
Division 15
MASSACHUSETTS – Easthampton-Southampton, Lee, Northampton, Southern Berkshire, Springfield, Westfield, Worcester
Division 16
CONNECTICUT – Berlin, Cheshire, Greater Enfield, Hartford, Meriden, Middletown, New Haven, New London, Newington, Wallingford, Windsor
New Division 17
CONNECTICUT – Bridgeport, Danbury, Fairfield, Greenwich, Milford, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Wilton
New Division 18
BERMUDA – Hamilton, St. George’s
Map of Kiwanis Clubs
(Divisions Effective October 1, 2024)
About the District
The first club in the District was in Boston, MA, organized on March 2, 1916 (the 14th in Kiwanis). Kiwanis Clubs were then charted in Bridgeport, CT; Hartford, CT (July 15, 1916); Worcester, MA (November 11, 1916); and Springfield, MA (January 10, 1917).
The organization of the New England District occurred on November 15, 1918, in Worcester, Massachusetts. There were thirteen clubs in the district at that time. Charles S. Webster of Portland, Maine, was the first governor. He was re-elected the next year at a Springfield MA meeting, and he served until October 8, 1920. At the 1920 convention in Holyoke, MA, Thomas E. Babb, Jr. was elected and he, too, was reelected and served until the end of 1922.