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== Organization ==
Local units are called "Lodges", state groups are "State Associations" and the national authority is the "Supreme Lodge of the World", which meets annually.<ref name="Schmidt, 222" >Schmidt p.222</ref> In 1923 there were 1,669 lodges "promulgated in every civilized country controlled by the Caucasian race".<ref name="Preuss p.258">Preuss, Arthur A ''[[iarchive:PreussPDF/page/n1|Dictionary of Secret and other Societies]]''{{dead link|date=February 2019}} St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co. 1924; p.258</ref> In 1966 3,500 lodges were reported in every US state, Guam, Canada, Bermuda and England.<ref name="Whalen p.105">Whalen p.105</ref> In 1979 the Order had 36 State Associations and over 4,000 Lodges.<ref name="Schmidt pp.220, 222" /> Today it has 1,600 Lodges in 49 states, four Canadian provinces, and the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="mooseintl.org">{{cite web |url=https://www.mooseintl.org/loyal-order-of-moose/ |title=Loyal Order of Moose {{!}} Moose International {{!}} Members Area |website=www.mooseintl.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511070031/http://www.mooseintl.org/loyal-order-of-moose/ |archive-date=2017-05-11}}</ref>{{Third-party inline|date=November 2018}}

The entire membership is sometimes referred to as the "Moose Domain".<ref name="Schmidt, 222" />