Dan,
pardon by cartographic error. i simply took the information given to me without checking a map. thanks for the correction.
"The First 100 Clubs in America"
-Golf Magazine January 1995
(for the sake of brevity, i'll list until Town & CC founding)
1786-South Carolina GC (NKA CC of Charleston)
1794-Savannah GC
1854-Philadelphia Cricket
1856-Germania T & CC (Saginaw, Michigan)
1875-Vesper CC (Tyngsboro, Mass.)
1878-Rockaway Hunting (Cedarhurst, NY)
1879-Olympic Club
1880-Edgewood Club of Tivoli (Tivoli, NY)
1881-Meadow Brook Club (Jericho, NY)
1882-Pittsburgh Field Club
The Country Club
1885-Tuxedo GC (Tuxedo Park, NY)
1886-Dorset Field Club (Dorset, Vermont)
1887-Dakota Dunes CC
Essex CC (West Orange, NJ)
Foxburg Club (Foxburg, Penn.)
Onteora Club (Tannersville, NY)
Quoque Field Club (Quoque, NY)
1888-Ausable Club (St.Huberts, NY)
Richmond CC (Staten Is., NY)
St.Andrew's GC (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
Town & CC (St.Paul, MN)