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

Camps

Former Council Camps

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

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References

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