official website · primary
Operative Lodge #308 – Polk City, Iowafirst seen 2026-09-20 · last verified 2026-09-20 · HTTP 200
lodgeactivenot on UGLE listia-308-operative-lodge
live siteOfficial URLs are kept after they die. Facebook is social, not a replacement site.
Rank #62 worldwide · score 77.8 · high live siteTravel signal only. Footprint ≠ members. Dead official URLs do not earn the live-site points.
| Signal | Count / source | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Own official website | yes | 18.0 |
| Pages absorbed | 7 | 9.6 |
| Distinct hosts | 2 | 5.6 |
| Social accounts | 2 | 6.0 |
| HTTP 200 / 404 (site-like) | 4 / 0 | 8.0 |
| Last verified (site-like) | 2026-09-20 (0d) | 6.0 |
| Description corpus chars | 1712 | 9.6 |
| Officers listed publicly | 8 | 6.0 |
| Meeting schedule published | no | 0.0 |
| Hall / address | physical | 3.0 |
| Proceedings / sketches / assertions | 20 | 6.0 |
| Parent GL membership prior (sourced only) | none in corpus | 0.0 |
formula v1.1 · computed 2026-09-20 · join key lodge UUID 41745716-17b4-5076-a4b2-ec580290c0d6
No lifecycle events. Proceedings not extracted yet.
Charter / constitution / claimed descent. Not recognition.
| Source | Target | Dates | Evidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Lodge of Iowa, A.F. & A.M. | chartered | Operative Lodge | unknown – unknown | Sourceautomatically_extracted |
Directed edges only. Mutual recognition would appear as two edges.
None documented.
None documented.
Exact language from a named body. The database has no is_clandestine flag.
None documented.
No attributed classifications.
None documented.
URLs collected about this organization, including directory entries and official pages.
first seen 2026-09-20 · last verified 2026-09-20 · HTTP 200
first seen 2026-09-20 · last verified 2026-09-20 · HTTP 200
first seen 2026-09-20 · last verified 2026-09-20 · HTTP 200
Public directory listing. Status: active. Close date not stated.
first seen 2026-09-20 · last verified 2026-09-20 · HTTP 200
first seen 2026-09-20 · last verified 2026-09-20 · HTTP 200
first seen 2026-09-20 · last verified unknown
first seen 2026-09-20 · last verified unknown
Operative Lodge No. 308 listed under Grand Lodge of Iowa, A.F. & A.M. as active at 106 N 3rd St, Polk City, IA, 50322-5073 on public directory (accessed 2026-09-20). Open/close dates not stated on this directory.
History – Operative Lodge #308 Skip to content Operative Lodge #308 Polk City, Iowa Menu A Message From The Master Become A Mason History Masonic Scholarship Officers Contact Us Glossary/FAQ History History In the Middle Ages, the terms “mason” and “freemason” were used interchangeably. They were stonemasons who built castles and cathedrals in England and Scotland. Because of the inherent danger of their work, many stonemasons formed local organizations, called lodges, to take care of sick and injured members as well as the widows and orphans of those who were killed on the job. The masons also used Lodges as places to meet, receive their pay, plan their work, train new apprentices, and socialize. In 1717, the first Grand Lodge was established in London. Within the next two decades, English Freemasonry spread throughout Europe and eventually made its way to the American colonies. The first lodge organized on American soil appeared in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1730. By 1733 a Provincial Grand Lodge was organized in Boston, Massachusetts. George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, and other founding fathers were among the first Masons in America. Of the 39 men who signed the U.S. Constitution, 13 were Masons. Our Masonic Mission Masonry is the world’s first and largest fraternal organization. It is a body of knowledge and a system of ethics based on the belief that each man has a responsibility to improve himself while being
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