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]
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Website
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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

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

### Discontinued Districts

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* 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

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* Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley[6] 33°21′21″N 116°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″N 117°55′08″W﻿ / ﻿33.6172°N 117.9190°W﻿ / 33.6172; -117.9190﻿ (Newport Scout Sea Base)
* Oso Lake[8]33°39′45″N 117°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″N 117°45′15″W﻿ / ﻿33.8024°N 117.7541°W﻿ / 33.8024; -117.7541﻿ (Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center)

## Former Council Camps

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* 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

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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

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* Randall v. Orange County Council

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scouting in California.

* Scouting in California

## References

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1. ^ "About". Orange County Council. Archived from the original on 2024-06-16. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
2. ^ a b c "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".

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