The Grange movement in the United States involved the affiliation of local farmers into area "granges" to work for their political and economic advantages. The official name of the National Grange was the Patrons of Husbandry. Today they might be considered a special interest group. Founded after the Civil War, it flourished toward to the end of the 19th century. Many small rural communities in New England, the Midwest and West still have an old "Grange Hall" standing on Main Street.