Scouting in Mississippi

Scouting in Mississippi has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.

Early history (1910-1950)

In 1912, one year after the Boy Scout movement came from England to the United States, George F. Maynard, Sr. founded the first troop in Tupelo — Troop 1. Scout units were soon founded in other cities such as Corinth and Oxford.

Scouting in Mississippi today

There are eight Boy Scouts of America local councils in Mississippi.

Andrew Jackson Council

Andrew Jackson Council (#303)
Andrew Jackson Council CSP
Owner	Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters	Jackson, MS
Country	United States
Website bsa-jackson.org

Andrew Jackson Council serves Scouts in the area surrounding the state capital.

Organization

• Natchez Trace District: Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, and Jefferson Counties
• Big Creek District: Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike, and Walthall Counties
• Strong River District: Scott, Rankin and Simpson Counties
• Four Rivers District: Hinds, Issquena, Sharkey, and Warren Counties
• North Trace District: Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison and Yazoo Counties^[1]

Camps

• Hood Scout Reservation

Order of the Arrow

• Sebooney Okasucca Lodge

Chickasaw Council

Chickasaw Council serves Scouts in Tennessee and Arkansas, as well as Mississippi. The Delta Area Council of west Mississippi and their Koi Hatachie lodge 345, Order of the Arrow, merged into Chickasaw Council in the early 1990s.

Choctaw Area Council

Choctaw Area Council serves youth in east Mississippi and west Alabama, with the council office located in Meridian, Mississippi. The Choctaw Area Council camp is Camp Binachi, and the council's name refers to the Choctaw nation.

• Bobashela District
• Scott Mountain District
• Sowashee District

OA lodge: Ashwanchi Kinta Lodge

Istrouma Area Council

Istrouma Area Council serves Scouts in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Pine Burr Area Council

Pine Burr Area Council serves youth in 17 counties in southeast and southern Mississippi, from headquarters in Hattiesburg.

• Biloxi Bay District
• Singing River District
• Spanish Trail District
• Tall Pine District
• Tung Belt District
• Silver Cloud District
• Twin Rivers District

Scoutreach Division

Pushmataha Area Council

Pushmataha Area Council serves Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe, Webster, Oktibbeha, Clay, Lowndes, Winston, Choctaw and Noxubee counties in north Mississippi. Camp Seminole is the Pushmataha Area Council camp.

• Chickasaw District
• Choctaw District

Southeast Louisiana Council

The Southeast Louisiana Council serves Scouting in Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemine, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint Tammany, and Terrebonne Parishes in Louisiana. The 1,200 acres (4.9 km²) camp property known as Salmen Scout Reservation is located in Kiln, Mississippi.

Yocona Area Council

The Yocona Area Council of northeast Mississippi is headquartered in Tupelo. It serves Alcorn, Tishomingo, Prentiss, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union, Benton, Marshall, Lafayette, and Yalobusha counties. The Chicksa Lodge serves local Arrowmen.

• Apilachi District
• Chicksa District
• Jacinto District
• Tallahatchie District

Girl Scouting in Mississippi

There are three Girl Scout council offices in Mississippi. However two will be merging in 2009 probably on October 1.

Proposed Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi

Girl Scouts of Gulf Pines Council

Headquarters: Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Website: http://www.gulfpines.org/

Service centers:

• Gulfport, MS
• Meridian, MS

Camps:

• Camp Meridale is 160 acres (0.6 km²) near Meridian, MS
• Camp Iti Kana is 339 acres (1.4 km²) near Wiggins, MS. Its name is from the Choctaw language and means friendship.

Girl Scout Council of Middle Mississippi

Headquarters: Jackson, Mississippi
Website: http://www.gscmm.org

Service Center

• Brookhaven, MS

Camp:

• Camp Wahi is in Brandon, MS

Girl Scouts Heart of the South

See Scouting in Tennessee. In Mississippi serves girls in northern counties.

Headquarters: Memphis, Tennessee
Website: http://www.girlscoutshs.org

Mississippi service centers:

• Greenwood, Mississippi
• Columbus, Mississippi
• Tupelo, Mississippi
• Corinth, Mississippi

Mississippi camps

• Camp Cedar Point is 150 acres (0.6 km²) on Grenada Lake
• Camp Tik-A-Witha is 310 acres (1.3 km²) (including a 20 acres (81,000 m²) lake) of woods and sand dunes near Van Vleet, MS

See also

• Camp Fire

External links

• Andrew Jackson Council
• Choctaw Area Council
• Pine Burr Area Council
• Pushmataha Area Council
• Yocona Area Council
• The Waveland Project, Tulpe Lodge of the Order of the Arrow has been to Waveland, Mississippi, as part of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

References

1. http://www.bsa-jackson.org/districts/district-directory/40000