Orange County Council

Orange County Council (#039)
Owner	Scouting America
Headquarters	Santa Ana, California
Location	Orange County, California
Country	United States
Founded	1921
Membership	20,000 [1]
President	Russell Etzenhouser [2]
Council Commissioner	Steve Bradley [2]
Chairman of the Board	William Baker [2]
Website ocscoutingamerica.org
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Founded in 1920 as the Orange County Council, ^[3] 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. ^[4]

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Organization

• Canyons District
• El Camino Real District
• Golden West District
• Pacifica District
• Rancho San Joaquin District
• Saddleback District
• Valencia District

Discontinued Districts

• Ahwahnee District (realigned into El Capitan, Los Amigos and Orange Frontier districts effective August 1, 2008 ^[5] ).
• 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 ^[6] 33°21′21″N116°34′21″W / 33.3557°N 116.5726°W / 33.3557; -116.5726 (Schoepe Scout Res)
• Newport Sea Base ^[7] on the Newport Harbor 33°37′02″N117°55′08″W / 33.6172°N 117.9190°W / 33.6172; -117.9190 (Newport Scout Sea Base)
• Oso Lake ^[8] 33°39′45″N117°37′22″W / 33.6624°N 117.6228°W / 33.6624; -117.6228 (Oso Lake Scout Camp)
• The Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center ^[9] 33°48′09″N117°45′15″W / 33.8024°N 117.7541°W / 33.8024; -117.7541 (Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center)

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. ^[10]

See also

• Randall v. Orange County Council

• Scouting in California

References

1. "About". Orange County Council. Archived from the original on 2024-06-16. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
2. "Key Three - Orange County Council Leadership Team". Orange County Council. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
3. "Orange County - 1910 to 1929". ocalmanac.com.
4. Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.
5. "ScoutWeek". 2008-02-08. Archived from the original on 2008-06-06.)
6. "Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley".
7. "Newport Sea Base".
8. "Oso Lake".
9. "Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center".
10. "Wiatava #13".