Social Media: The First 100

As a benchmark, below are the first (and oldest) one hundred Councils of the Knights of Columbus, and any social media links found online as of September 2017.  The count?

  • 10  Facebook Pages
  • 1 Google+ and YouTube Channel (the same council)
  • 1 Twitter Feed

Most, if not all, are located in towns across Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.  See what other Councils our “age” are doing!

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Council # – Name – Location – Website

1 San Salvador New Haven

2 Silver City Meriden

3 Forest City Middletown

4 St. Christopher E. Hartford

5 Pinta Wallingford

6 De Soto Cromwell

7 Freestone Portland https://www.facebook.com/freestonecouncil/ (99 followers; includes Memorial Car Show pictures)

8 St. John Paul II Stratford

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10 Eldorado Branford

11 Hartford Hartford

12 Daly New Britain

13 White Cross Norwich

14 San Jose Willimantic

15 Isabella Plantsville https://twitter.com/kc15tweet (2 followers; only confirmed followers can view)

16 Park City Bridgeport

17 Seaside Waterford

18 Atlantic Thomaston

19 Our Lady of Sorrows Hartford

20 Rev. M. Ernest Wilson Farmington

21 Narragansett Westerly

22 Winchester Winsted

23 Valley Ansonia

24 Sheridan Waterbury

25 Fr. Walter F. Geraghty Southington

26 Riverside Windsor Locks

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29 McGivney Danbury https://www.facebook.com/kofc29/ (288 followers; includes an overview of their activities in one outstanding graphic)

30 Loyal Danbury

31 Hon.Rev.Thomas F. Gaffney New Britain

32 Uncas Unionville https://www.facebook.com/kofc32/ (127 followers; includes great car pictures of Cruise nights)

33 Ojeda Naugatuck

34 Ponemah Taftville

35 Palos Bristol

36 Our Lady of Mt Carmel Waterbury https://www.facebook.com/OLMC-Knights-of-Columbus-Council-36-956204724449737/ (28 followers; includes almost 300 photos!)

37 Unity Torrington

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39 Orinoco Greenwich

40 Housatonic New Milford

41 St. Augustine Stamford

42 St. Maron Waterbury

43 Nina Stonington

44 Rodrigo New Haven

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46 Msgr.Thomas J. Finn Norwalk

47 Tinto Milford https://www.facebook.com/KnightsOfColumbusTintoCouncil47/ (69 followers; includes great activity pictures)

48 Pavia Bethel

49 Mystical Rose Wauregan

50 Washington Irving Enfield

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53 Aurora Seymour

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55 Solidarity Torrington

56 St. Anthony’s Litchfield

57 Delaney-St. Theresa Pawtucket

58 St. Joseph’s E. Greenwich

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60 Brooklyn Brooklyn

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62 Bunker Hill Charlestown https://www.facebook.com/kofc62/ (319 followers; includes great historical profile photos)

63 Home City Springfield

64 Cargill Putnam https://www.facebook.com/kofccouncil64.org/ (89 followers; includes exemplification announcements) and https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1022109555/knights-of-columbus-cargill-council-64/

65 Russell New Haven

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67 Lawrence Lawrence

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69 Elder Chicopee https://www.facebook.com/Knights-of-Columbus-Elder-Council-69-200643000100201/ (283 followers; includes links to and excerpts from the Catholic Gentleman)

70 Valladolid Lynn https://www.facebook.com/Knights-of-Columbus-Valladolid-Council-70-Lynn-MA-120752124606897/ (373 followers; included a Monday Night Football gathering) and https://www.instagram.com/kofccouncil70/

71 Leo Hope

72 Lowell Lowell

73 Mary Queen of Africa Providence

74 Cambridge Cambridge

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76 Veragua Salem

77 Woburn Woburn

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79 St. Mother Theresa Natick

80 Valencia Milford

81 Marlboro Marlborough

82 Msgr. James Coyle Taunton

83 Chelsea Chelsea

84 Fitton Boston

85 John Boyle O’Reilly Westborough https://plus.google.com/u/0/109887059497271298521 (26 followers) and https://www.youtube.com/user/kofc85 (4 subscribers, 4 videos)

86 Fall River Fall River

87 Coeur De Leon Framingham

88 Alhambra Worcester

89 Msgr. JJ Chittick Hyde Park

90 Holyoke Holyoke

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92 Manchester Manchester

93 Seville Brockton

94 Lexington Lexington

95 St. Paul the Apostle Foster

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97 Everett Everett

98 Mt. Pleasant West Roxbury

99 Joseph P. Keating Fitchburg

100 Whip City Westfield

If you know of other councils on this list with Facebook pages, YouTube channels and Twitter Feeds, please forward the links to webmaster@branfordkofc.org and thank you in advance for doing so.

See also Web Benchmarks: The First 100 for a list of the websites of the oldest 100 Councils.