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The oldest college fraternity in continual existence is Phi Beta Kappa, originally founded December 5, 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Since the 19th century, Phi Beta Kappa has been a purely academic honorary society.

The oldest college social fraternity in continual existence is the Chi Phi Fraternity, founded on December 24, 1824 at the College of New Jersey, which is now known as Princeton University.

The oldest southern fraternity in continual existence is Sigma Alpha Epsilon, founded on March 9, 1856 at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. Today this organization consists of over 200 chapters throughout 49 states and Canada. Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the largest social fraternity; intiating over 280,000 members over its 150 years.

The oldest fraternal society is Kappa Sigma, founded in 1400 at the University of Bologna in Bologna, Italy. It did not come to be in America until December 10, 1869 however.

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