LIST OF AMERICAN FRATERNITIES

(Please note that many of the fraternities listed in this section have no real connection to Freemasonry.  Many of these Orders were created and established by Masons but they are not recognized as being apart of the Masonic fraternity.)

An Illustrated History of American Fraternalism

Name and Status Changes of Fraternal Benefit Societies

Chronology of Fraternal Organizations in America

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AAOOAA

AEO of Sciots

American Legion

AOUW

AOKMC

Artisian Order of Mutual Protection

Black Orders

The Bohemian Club and Grove  

Catholic Orders

Christian Endeavor

Civil War Orders

Council of Engineers

Crusade Orders

DAR

Druids

Dual Orders

Eagles

E Clampus Vitus

Elks

Epworth League

Foresters

GAR

Grange

Greek Fraternity Pins

Haymakers

Heptasophs

International Orders and Decorations

 Jewish Orders

Jr. OUAM 

Ku Klux Klan

K.G.E.

 Knights and Ladies of Ehud

Knights of Birmingham

Knights of the Golden Circle

Knights of Friendship

 Knights of Labor

Mystic Knights of the Sea

Knights of Malta

Knights of Pythias

Knights of St. John

Lions

Maccabees

Masonic Square Clubs

Military Orders

Moose

Imperial Order of Muscovites

NEOP

Odd Fellows

OOH&P/AMOS 

Orange Order

 Order of Lafayette

Order of Owls 

Order of the Secret Monitor

Order of St. George

Organic FOBs 

Oriental Order of the Palm and Shell

Police

P.O.S. of A.

Primrose League

Railroad Orders

RAOB (Buffalos)

Red Men

Royal Arcanum

Royal Highlanders

Sons of England

Scottish-American Clans

Shepherds of Bethlehem

Skulls and Bones

Stonecutters

Tribe of Ben Hur

Temperance Orders

Tin Can Tourists

Townsend Clubs

Turtles

 United Commercial Travelers

Veterans’ Fun-and-Honor Orders

 Woodmen

Yeomen

Miscellaneous & Mystery Orders