Orange County Council

Orange County Council (#039)
Owner Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters Santa Ana, California
Country United States
Founded 1921
Website
ocbsa.org

Founded in 1920 as the Orange County Council,[1] the council was formed by the merger of the North Orange Council (#037) and the Orange Empire Council (#039) in 1972. The North Orange Council was founded in 1944 as the Northern Orange County and changed its name to North Orange in 1965.[2]

Orange County Council is one of the 20 largest councils by traditional membership in the nation. In 2008 it had over 40,000 youth members.

Organization

Discontinued Districts

  • Ahwahnee District (realigned into El Capitan, Los Amigos and Orange Frontier districts effective August 1, 2008 [3]).
  • Santiago District
  • Rancho del Mar District (split into Rancho San Joaquin and Del Mar Districts).
  • El Camino Real District (split into El Camino Real and Tiburon Districts).
  • Tiburon District (merged back into El Camino Real, 2017)

Camps

Former Council Camps

  • Camp RoKiLi, at Barton Flats (closed)
  • White's Landing (closed)
  • Rancho Las Flores at Camp Pendelton (closed)
  • Camp Myford, Irvine (closed)

Order of the Arrow

The Orange County Council's Order of the Arrow Lodge, Wiatava #13, was the home lodge of the National Chief of the Order of the Arrow, Evan Chaffee, in 2007.[8]

See also

References

  1. Orange County - 1910 to 1929
  2. Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.
  3. "ScoutWeek Issue #86". Retrieved 2009-01-31. )
  4. http://www.ssrlv.org
  5. http://www.newportseabase.org
  6. http://www.osolake.org
  7. http://www.outdooreducationcenter.org
  8. http://www.wiatava.org
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