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
New Divisions (Effective October 1, 2024)
New Division 1
MAINE – Caribou and Presque Isle
New Division 2
MAINE – Augusta, Bangor Breakfast, Brewer, Dexter Sunrise, Dover-Foxcroft, Greater Waterville, Hampden, Moosehead Lake, Orono-Old Town, Rockland, Three Rivers-Milo
New Division 3
MAINE – Lewiston-Auburn, Portland, Saco River Valley, Sanford, Scarborough, Standish, Westbrook
New Division 4
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Concord, Exeter, Hooksett, Hudson, Laconia, Manchester, Nashua, Salem, The Seacoast (Portsmouth)
New Division 5
MASSACHUSETTS – Greater Lawrence, Haverhill, Lowell, Methuen, Pentucket-Haverhill, Westford, Woburn
New Division 6
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Berlin, Colebrook, Mt. Washington Valley
VERMONT – St. Johnsbury
New Division 7
VERMONT – Barre, Hardwick, Montpelier, Rutland
New Division 8
MASSACHUSETTS – Beverly, Danvers, Georgetown, Greater Amesbury, Wilmington
New Division 9
MASSACHUSETTS – Allston-Brighton, eKiwanis, Roslindale-West Roxbury, Wellesley
New Division 10
MASSACHUSETTS – Chelsea, East Boston, Everett, Malden, Medford, Somerville
New Division 11
MASSACHUSETTS – Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Hanson, Marshfield, Milton, Pembroke, Rockland, Weymouth
New Division 12
MASSACHUSETTS – Bourne-Wareham, Central Cape Cod, Hyannis, Lower Cape Cod, Mashpee, Plymouth, Sandwich
New Division 13
MASSACHUSETTS – Fall River, Middleborough, New Bedford, Taunton
RHODE ISLAND – Aquidneck Island, Newport
New Division 14
MASSACHUSETTS – Bernardston, Greenfield, Shelburne Falls, Winchendon
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Claremont, Keene, Peterborough, Winchester
VERMONT – Brattleboro
New Division 15
MASSACHUSETTS – Easthampton-Southampton, Greater Holyoke, Lee, Northampton, Pittsfield, Sheffield, Springfield, Westfield, Worcester
New Division 16
CONNECTICUT – Berlin, Cheshire, Enfield, Glastonbury, Hartford, Meriden, Middletown, Newington, New Haven, New London, Old Saybrook-Lyme-Old Lyme, 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.