Founded in 1920 as the Orange County Council, 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.
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
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Discontinued Districts
*Ahwahnee District (realigned into El Capitan, Los Amigos and Orange Frontier districts effective August 1, 2008 ).
* Santiago District (Merged into Rancho Del Mar)
* 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)
* Del Mar District (realigned into Pacifica and Rancho San Joaquin Districts).
* Los Amigos District (merged into Valencia District 2019).
* Portola District (merged into Valencia District 2019).
* Venturing District (2019)
Camps
*Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley
*Newport Sea Base on the
Newport Harbor
*Oso Lake
*The Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center
Former Council Camps
*Camp RoKiLi, at
Barton Flats (closed)
*White's Landing (closed)
*Rancho Las Flores at
Camp Pendelton
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the United States. It is on the Southern California coast in San Diego County and is bordered by Oc ...
(closed)
*Camp Myford, Irvine (closed)
Order of the Arrow
The Orange County Council's
Order of the Arrow
The Order of the Arrow (OA) is the honor society of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), composed of Scouts and Scouters who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives as elected by their peers. The society was created by E. Urner G ...
Lodge, Wiatava #13, was the home lodge of the National Chief of the Order of the Arrow, Evan Chaffee, in 2007.
See also
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Randall v. Orange County Council
''Randall v. Orange County Council'', 17 Cal.4th 736, 952 P.2d 261, 72 Cal.Rptr.2d 453 (1998), was a case before the Supreme Court of California that established that groups such as the Boy Scouts of America are not considered "business establish ...
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Scouting in California
Scouting in California has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs related to their environments.
Early history (1910–1950)
In the early days of ″Scouting″ there were several different †...
References
{{Scouting in the United States
Boy Scout councils in California
Organizations based in Santa Ana, California
1972 establishments in California