A BRIEF HISTORY OF DISTRICT 5810 The organization of districts first occurred during the 1915-16 Rotary year with Texas and Louisiana being designated as District 12. In 1917-18, Louisiana was excluded and Texas 12.remained as District Another reorganization in 1922-23 designated Texas as District 18 with the exception of that portion of the state just west of a line drawn from the eastern boundary of New Mexico. The Rotary year 1925-26 saw a further division of the remainder of Texas when it was divided in half by an east-west line drawn just south of Waco. Subsequent reorganization in 1937-38, 1949-50, 1965-66, and 1970-71 when Dr. James Cade of Texarkana was the District governor, saw the designation of what became District 581 as we know it today. With the renumbering of all Districts worldwide, by RI in 1991, District 581 became district 5810 Comprised geographically of eight counties: Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall, in an area roughly seventy miles wide and one hundred forty miles long. District 5810 is the smallest of the ten present districts in Texas geographically, but it is tied with several other districts for the number of clubs. District 5810 is included in Rotary International zone 21B.
Past District Governors……5810
2016-17 William 'Bill' Dendy Dallas
2015-16 Larry Web Prestonwood
2014-15 William 'Bill' Dendy Desoto
2013-14 Ean Sullivan Plano
2012-13 Sandy Forster Garland
2011-12 Charles E. 'Bud' McBrayer Plano Sunrise
2010-11 Linda Elliot Grand Prairie
2009-10 Dave McSpadden Waxahachie
2008-09 L.B. Showalter Plano
2007-08 Richard Gilman Richardson Central
2006-07 Kim Holland Prestonwood
2005-06 Tom Ryan Rockwall
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