Plural of grange; farmhouses with their barns and outbuildings, or local chapters of farmer organizations.
From Old French 'grange,' from Latin 'granica' (grain storage). Originally meant a grain storehouse on a large estate, then expanded to mean the entire farm complex.
Many actual granges built in the 1870s-1900s still stand today as beautiful architecture—they were community centers where farmers gathered to plan crop strategies and discuss politics together!
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