Rotary District 5180

District 5180 emerged in 1995 as an inevitable step in the orderly progression nof Rotary International. It brought with it the basic philosophy, the social dignity, and the lasting traditions of its illustrious predecessors; District 13, 23, 2, 105, 109, 164 and 5190 (519).

Recognizing the directive from Chicago as mandate a small group of men from nine existing clubs in California met in Fresno and organized District 13, the first district of which our present 5180 was a part. The original mother district including the Clubs of San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, san Jose and Berkeley in California; Reno in Nevada, Phoenix in Arizona, Honolulu in Hawaii and Albuquerque in New Mexico formed the nucleus from which the present 5180 found its origin.

Rotary District 13 was divided in 1918 and all of California became District 23. In 1922 District 23 became District 2 and remained District 2 until 1937.

With the continued growth of rotary, the District number designation continued to change. In 1937 District 105 was split from District 2. Between the years of 1937 and 1947, the District recognized California clubs in an area extending north to Susanville and also added three new clubs in Nevada.

By 1947 District 109 had split from 105, but the number of new districts was destined for a short life. In 1949 Rotary International again felt the need to change the identity of the district and District 109 became District 164.

From its origin in 1957, District 519 grew from a club strength of 51 with a membership of 3315 to a strength of 79 clubs with a membership of over 4500. In September, 1992 a proposal was made to split the district which led to the formation of District 5180 with 34 clubs and 2200 members. The district continued to grow to our present strength of 40 clubs with 2200 members.

The boundaries of District 5180 are Walnut Grove to the South, Oroville to the North, West Sacramento to the West and El Dorado Hills to the East. The largest club in the district is the Sacramento Club with in excess of 400 members and the smallest club is Gold River with 10 members. Rotary clubs meet weekly and there is a meeting in the district, morning, noon and night every day of the week except Friday evening.

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