Scouting in Virginia 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. Many of the local groups and districts took names of historic
Virginia Indian
The Native American tribes in Virginia are the indigenous tribes who currently live or have historically lived in what is now the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States of America.
All of the Commonwealth of Virginia used to be Virgini ...
tribes in the state.
Boy Scouts of America
History
William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America at 11:03am on February 8, 1910 in
Washington, D.C.
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on the advice of railroad executive and later first national president of the organization Colin H. Livingstone, with assistance from lawyers at the firm Ralston, Siddons and Richardson. Six months later in
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
, Charles Merrill Watson, pastor of First Christian Church, organized Troop 1, the first Boy Scout troop in Virginia.
In the next year the National Capital Area Council was formed.
The oldest unit in the council is Troop 52, out of All Saints
Episcopal Church in
Chevy Chase
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.
This unit dates all the way back to 1913.
When the
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC), more commonly known as the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), the DC Police, and, colloquially, the DCPD, is the primary law enforcement agency for the District of Columbi ...
decided that the security of suffrage marchers in 1916 was not their problem, Troop 52 Scouts marched alongside the women.
From
1981 National Scout Jamboree, through the 2010 National Scout Jamboree, all Jamborees were held at
Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.
Blue Ridge Mountains Council
The
Blue Ridge Mountains Council (BRMC) serves Scouts in southwest and south central
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
.
Buckskin Council
Buckskin Council serves Scouts in Scouts in Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.
Colonial Virginia Council
Formed by the merger of the Peninsula Council (Formerly Newport News Council) and the Old Dominion Council in 1996.
Served by the Wahunsenakah Lodge of the Order of the Arrow.
*Chesapeake Bay District—City of Poquoson, and the Counties of York, Gloucester, and Mathews
*Colonial Trail District—City of Suffolk, and the Counties of Isle of Wight (excluding the southern portion), and Surry
*First Colony District—City of Williamsburg and James City County
*Monitor-Merrimac District—Cities of Hampton and Newport News
*Siouan Rivers District (named after the language spoken by historic
Virginia Indian
The Native American tribes in Virginia are the indigenous tribes who currently live or have historically lived in what is now the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States of America.
All of the Commonwealth of Virginia used to be Virgini ...
tribes in the Piedmont)
--Cities of Emporia and Franklin, and the Counties of Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, and lower Isle of Wight
Del-Mar-Va Council
Del-Mar-Va Council serves Scouts in
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
,
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
and Northampton and Accomack Counties in Virginia.
Heart of Virginia Council
Formerly ''Robert E. Lee Council'', this council was renamed in 2003, with headquarters in Richmond, Virginia.
Organization
Districts:
*Arrohattoc District (southern half of former Shawondasee District, now named after Indian Tribe that welcomed original immigrants)
*Battlefield District
*Capitol District
*Cardinal District
*Crater District
*Huguenot Trail District (formerly the northern half of Shawondasee District, now named after French immigrants of 1700)
*Rivers District, formed when Northern Neck and Rappahannock Districts were combined in 2010
Camps
*Camp T. Brady Saunders - resident camp established in 1964 near Maidens, Goochland County, Virginia
*Cub & Webelos Adventure Camp - resident camp opened in 2002 near Maidens, Goochland County, Virginia
*Albright Scout Reservation - primitive weekend camp on Lake Chesdin in Southern Chesterfield County, Virginia with over 10 miles of blazed hiking trails plus 3 miles of Nature Trails (guide sheet available). Tent camping only, potable water and minimum sanitation facilities available.
*Camp Eagle Point - primitive camp located on Kerr Reservoir (Buggs Island Lake) in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, no potable water available.
National Capital Area Council
The National Capital Area Council (NCAC) within the
Northeast Region that serves Scouts in the
Washington, D.C.
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,
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
,
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
, and the
United States Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...
.
The council offers extensive training, and administrative support to units.
It is rated as a "Class 100" council by the National Council (headquarters office), which denotes that the NCAC is among the very largest in the country. Chartered in 1911, it is also one of the oldest. The council is divided into 23 districts serving ten counties in Northern Virginia, six counties in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the US Virgin Islands. The council has a 2.5 to 1 ratio of youth members to adult leaders, which is among the highest of all the councils. The youth retention rate approaches 80%.
Sequoyah Council
Sequoyah Council serves Scouts in
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
and Virginia.
Shenandoah Area Council
Headquartered in
Winchester, Virginia
Winchester is the most north western independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Frederick County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Winchester wit ...
the Shenandoah Area Council serves Scouts in Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, and Warren counties in Virginia and Berkeley, Morgan and Jefferson Counties in West Virginia.
Organization
The Shenandoah Area Council is divided into four districts and includes a Learning for Life division.
*
Manahoac
The Manahoac, also recorded as Mahock, were a small group of Siouan-language Native Americans (Indigenous people) in northern Virginia at the time of European contact. They numbered approximately 1,000 and lived primarily along the Rappahannock R ...
District:
Clarke County Clarke County may refer to:
;Places
*One of five counties in the United States:
**Clarke County, Alabama
**Clarke County, Georgia
**Clarke County, Iowa
**Clarke County, Mississippi
**Clarke County, Virginia
Clarke County is a county in the Com ...
in Virginia and
Jefferson County in
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...
*
Potomac District: serves
Berkeley
Berkeley most often refers to:
*Berkeley, California, a city in the United States
**University of California, Berkeley, a public university in Berkeley, California
* George Berkeley (1685–1753), Anglo-Irish philosopher
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and
Morgan counties, West Virginia
*
Shawnee
The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. In the 17th century they lived in Pennsylvania, and in the 18th century they were in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with some bands in Kentucky a ...
District: serves the
Winchester and
Frederick County in Virginia and
Capon Bridge and
Paw Paw in West Virginia
*Shenrapawa District: serves
Page
Page most commonly refers to:
* Page (paper), one side of a leaf of paper, as in a book
Page, PAGE, pages, or paging may also refer to:
Roles
* Page (assistance occupation), a professional occupation
* Page (servant), traditionally a young m ...
,
Rappahannock,
Shenandoah, and
Warren
A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval A ...
counties in Virginia
Camp
Camp Rock Enon or CRE is both a Scouts BSA and Cub Scout resident summer camp with high adventure opportunities.
The mineral springs of the area afforded the development of a resort in 1856.
89 years later in 1945 the resort and most of the land was converted into the Scout camp of today.
The summer camp programs includes obvious outdoor programs like aquatics camping, cooking, fishing, handicraft, and shooting sports, yet also includes less common programs like canyoneering, rappelling, rock climbing, scuba, space exploration, volleyball, white water rafting, and wilderness survival. Camper family members are invited to visit the camp on Friday nights for dinner; a Scout-performed campfire program with skits, songs, and jokes; then an Order of the Arrow Callout Ceremony.
Each Sunday evening at the camp chapel a short non-denominational service called Vespers is held.
In 1985 the camp participated in the international camp staff program by hiring Martin Woodhead of England and Jos Verschure of the Netherlands. In 2010 campers spent 9,034 nights at Camp Rock Enon.
The camp includes 14 campsites that accommodate from 16 to 56 campers in tents or Adirondack shelters as well as a dining hall that can serve 450 at a time.
Order of the Arrow
*
Shenshawopotoo Lodge #276, established in 1944. Shenshawpotoo is a composite word, made up of the first syllables of the Council name, and the three districts in the council at the time the lodge was formed - Shawnee, Potomac, and Two Rivers.
Virginia Headwaters Council
The
Virginia Headwaters Council (VHC) serves Scouts in areas of the
Shenandoah Valley in
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
and
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...
and areas of central Virginia. The first council in the area was the Staunton Council, formed in 1920 and failed in 1924. The Stonewall Jackson Council was organized in Staunton, Virginia in 1927 as the Stonewall Jackson Council. The council is named after General
Stonewall Jackson, one of the most famous residents of the area. The Lewis & Clark Council was formed in
Charlottesville
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Ch ...
in 1927; it failed in 1931 and then was incorporated into the Stonewall Jackson Council. The council was later renamed to the Stonewall Jackson Area Council. The first Scout executive of the Stonewall Jackson (Area) Council was J. Wilford Fix who served from 1927 to 1950. Fix had joined Scouting as a youth in 1911 in Richmond and was an
Eagle Scout
Eagle Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Since its inception in 1911, only four percent of Scouts have earned this rank after a lengthy review process. The Eagle S ...
after relocating to Roanoke with his parents. The Stonewall Jackson Area Council was renamed in 2019 to the Virginia Headwaters Council.
The Order of the Arrow is represented by the Shenandoah Lodge #258. It supports the Scouting programs of the Stonewall Jackson Area Council through leadership, camping, and service.
Tidewater Council
Tidewater Council serves southeastern
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
and north-eastern
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...
. This region is often referred to as
South Hampton Roads
South Hampton Roads is a region located in the extreme southeastern portion of Virginia's Tidewater region in the United States with a total population of 1,191,937. It is part of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA (Metropolitan S ...
or the ''Tidewater'' or ''Tidewater Virginia'' area; hence the name of the council. One of the first councils in the country, Tidewater Council was established in 1911, just one year after
William Boyce of
Chicago
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founded Scouting in the United States, and only three years after Sir
Robert Baden-Powell
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; (Commonly pronounced by others as ) 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the wor ...
founded the movement in England. In 1914 the local council was issued a second-class charter, as it did not have a professional Scout executive.
Its
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 Go ...
counterpart is the
Blue Heron Lodge, which was founded in 1946 when a team from Octoraro Lodge in
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
inducted the first members of Blue Heron Lodge.
African-American Scouting
Scouting amongst the black community in Virginia in the years immediately after the incorporation of the BSA in 1910 has been an under-explored topic. In many instances there has been a general assumption that black youth did not or were not allowed to participate in the movement (until many, many years later) that billed itself as the premier youth development organization in the world. While Scouting certainly helped to promote character development and citizenship in the lives of millions of mostly white youth in the decades before World War II, its impact in the black community is much less understood and poorly documented. A detailed exposition of the role of blacks in the early history of Boy Scouting across a large swath of Virginia has been presented in an online essay
Girl Scouts of the USA
There are seven Girl Scout councils serving girls in Virginia; three are headquartered in the state.
History
In 1939 the
Alexandria
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Council and the
Arlington Council formed.
This version of the Arlington Council included Falls Church, Fairfax City, and Fairfax County. Later the Fairfax County Council of Girl Scouts formed, but would not include all the Fairfax County troops until 1946.
In 1946 the Fairfax County Council of Girl Scouts had 26 troops with 476 girls.
By 1958 there were 485 troops with 7,800 girls.
Before buying land in 1942 to build Camp Potomac Woods, the Arlington Council would send their Scouts to National Park Service Camp Chopowamsic in Triangle Virginia.
In 1958 The District of Columbia Council formally changed names to National Capital Council, putting an end to the informal name of Girls Scouts of the District of Columbia and Montgomery County.
Also in 1958 the Fairfax County Council of Girl Scouts spread by including Falls Church and Quantico and so later took the name Northern Virginia Girl Scout Council.
Then in the June 1962 issue of the Trefoil magazine the National Capital Council held a mail in vote to rename the council with the choices of: Potomac River Council, Nation's Capital Council, Greater Washington Council, and a space to write in your own suggestion.
Nation's Capital Council won that contest.
That kind of consolidation continued in 1963 when the new Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital was formed from the National Capital, Southern Maryland, Alexandria, Arlington, and Northern Virginia councils, as well as including a single troop from Prince William, another in Fauquier, and one in Loudoun.
A new Shawnee Council also formed in 1963 which consolidated the Blue Ridge Council of Virginia, the Eastern Panhandle Council of West Virginia, the Washington County Council of Maryland, and the previous Shawnee Council that included the Maryland county of Alleghany, the Maryland county of Garrett, and the Pennsylvania county of Bedford.
In 1972 this much larger Shawnee Council moved their headquarters to Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians
See
Scouting in Tennessee
Scouting in Tennessee has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment.
Early history (1910-1950)
The boy scouts were chartered in Tennessee in 1910. Until 1974, some Tennes ...
. Serves Virginia girls in the extreme southwest of Virginia.
nearest Service Center:
Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 71,046, making it the eighth largest city in Tennessee. Joh ...
Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council
See
Scouting in West Virginia. Serves Virginia girls in Bland, Buchanan, and Tazewell counties.
Headquarters:
Charleston, West Virginia
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council
See
Scouting in Delaware
Scouting in Delaware 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.
Boy Scouts of America
The Wilmington Council (#081) was formed in 1914. In 1931 tha ...
. Serves Virginia girls on the
Delmarva Peninsula
The Delmarva Peninsula, or simply Delmarva, is a large peninsula and proposed state on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by the vast majority of the state of Delaware and parts of the Eastern Shore regions of Maryland and Virginia. ...
.
Headquarters:
Newark, Delaware
Newark ( )Not as in Newark, New Jersey. is a small city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is located west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 31,454. Newark is home to the Uni ...
Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast
Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast serves nearly 8,000 girls, with more than 4,000 adult volunteers in southeastern Virginia and northeastern
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...
. It was established in 1981.
Headquarters:
Chesapeake, Virginia
Camps:
*Camp Darden is almost near
Franklin, Virginia
Franklin is the southwesternmost independent city in Hampton Roads, Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,180. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Franklin with Southampton County for statisti ...
. It was acquired in 1961 and named after
Colgate Darden
Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. (February 11, 1897 – June 9, 1981) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician aligned with the Byrd Organization who served as U.S. Representative from Virginia (1933–37, 1939–41), the 54th Governor of ...
and his wife.
*Camp Skimino is a camp near
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 15,425. Located on the Virginia Peninsula, Williamsburg is in the northern part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. It is ...
.
*Camp Apasus is located in Norfolk, Virginia.
*Camp Burke's Mill Pond is a camp located in
Gloucester County, Virginia
Gloucester County () is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,711. Its county seat is Gloucester Courthouse. The county was founded in 1651 in the Virginia Colony and is named for Henry Stuart, ...
. It was donated to the Heritage Girl Scout Council in 1975, along with an additional tract which contains the original mill house. Heritage Girl Scout Council and Tidewater Girl Scout Council merged to become the Girl Scout Council of the Colonial Coast.
*Camp Outback is a designated site on the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail, with an 8.5 acre nature area, and is located behind A Place for Girls, the Council's headquarters and program center in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia Council
The Girl Scout of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves more than 16,000 girls and has about 5,700 adult volunteers in 30 central Virginia counties. It was chartered in 1963, when three smaller councils serving Fredericksburg, Richmond, and Southside Virginia merged. In 2007, Surry County was moved from this council to Colonial Coast. The first troop formed in central Virginia was Troop #1, Highland Springs in 1913.
In 1932 the first African-American troop in the South, Girl Scout Troop 101, was founded in Richmond by
Lena B. Watson. It was first led by
Lavnia Banks, a teacher from Armstrong High School. It first met in Hartshorn Hall,
Virginia Union University
Virginia Union University is a private historically black Baptist university in Richmond, Virginia. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA.
History
The American Baptist Home Mission Society (ABHMS) founded the school as Rich ...
. In 2008 a tree was planted in commemoration at Hartshorn Hall.
In 1922 Girl Scouts of Richmond was chartered. In 1942 Petersburg Girl Scout Council was formed and in 1944, Hopewell Girl Scout Council. In 1953 Petersburg and Hopewell merged to form Southside.
In 1963 Southside, Richmond, and Fredericksburg councils merged to form the current council.
Headquarters:
Mechanicsville, Virginia
Mechanicsville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Hanover County, Virginia, United States. The population was 36,348 during the 2010 census, up from 30,464 at the 2000 census.
History
The area was settled by Englis ...
Camps:
*Pamunkey Ridge Girl Scout Camp is in
Hanover, Virginia
Hanover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hanover County, Virginia, United States. It is the county seat and is located at the junction of U.S. Route 301 and State Route 54 south of the Pamunkey River. While his ...
along the banks of the
Pamunkey River. It was opened in 1996.
*Camp Kittamaqund is and of shoreline on the
Northern Neck
The Northern Neck is the northernmost of three peninsulas (traditionally called "necks" in Virginia) on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in the Commonwealth of Virginia (along with the Middle Peninsula and the Virginia Peninsula). The P ...
. It was named after the chief in power at the time of English arrival. The property was acquired in 1964. In 2006 the council attempted to sell the property, but the sale fell through due to zoning regulations that limited redevelopment.
Earlier camps include Camp Pocahontas acquired in 1928; Camp Pinoaka, created in 1936 for African-American Girl Scouts; and Camp Holly Dell in 1951 (sold in 1996).
Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
See
Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital. Serves girls in northern Virginia as well.
Headquarters:
Washington, D.C.
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Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council
This council serves about 10,500 girls in 36 Virginia counties. It was established in 1963.
Headquarters:
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke ( ) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 100,011, making it the 8th most populous city in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the largest city in Virginia west of Richmond. It is ...
Camps:
*Camp Sacajawea is on the
James River near
Lynchburg. It was named after the Native American woman who accompanied the
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gr ...
.
*Camp Sugar Hollow is at the foot of the
Blue Ridge Mountains
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a Physiographic regions of the world, physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States, and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsy ...
near
Charlottesville
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Ch ...
*Icimani Adventure Program Center in
Roanoke
Scouting museums in Virginia
*Gregson Center and Museum, Pipsico Scout Reservation,
Spring Grove, Virginia
Spring Grove is an unincorporated community in Surry County, Virginia, United States. Spring Grove is located at the junction of Virginia State Route 10 and Virginia State Route 40, west-northwest of Surry. Spring Grove has a post office with Z ...
*Nawakwa Lodge #3 Museum
See also
*
President Hoover's Camp Rapidan: Use by Scouts BSA Troops
References
External links
Lewis and Clark Area Council, Charlottesville--defunctStaunton Virginia Council-defunctBlue Ridge Mountains CouncilBuckskin CouncilColonial Virginia CouncilDel-Mar-Va CouncilNational Capital Area CouncilHeart of Virginia CouncilSequoyah CouncilShenandoah Area CouncilStonewall Jackson Area CouncilTidewater Council*
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Youth organizations based in Virginia
Virginia
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Southern Region (Boy Scouts of America)
Central Region (Boy Scouts of America)