The oldest organization in the Town of Urbanna is not the Town of Urbanna government (1902); not the Middlesex County Woman’s Club (1929); not Middlesex (Urbanna) Volunteer Fire Department (1940); not Urbanna Baptist Church (1888); and not Urbanna United Methodist Church (1880).
The oldest ongoing organization in the Town of Urbanna is Urbanna Masonic Lodge #83 A.F. & A.M., founded in 1872. On Thursday, Dec. 11, the lodge conducted an open installation of officers to the public at the lodge building in Urbanna, the first open meeting of its kind in more than 25 years.
After the Civil War, free-masonry spread throughout this region and was an avenue for men as a group to rebuild their lives and to help the less fortunate families to rebuild their lives.
