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Buckskin Council
OwnerBoy Scouts of America
HeadquartersCharleston, West Virginia
LocationKentucky, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia
CountryUnited States
Website
http://www.buckskin.org
 Scouting portal

The Buckskin Council is the local council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) that serves Scouts in Scouts in Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.[1]

Organization

The council is divided into several districts:

  • Chief Cornstalk District
  • Mountain Dominion District
  • Elk River District
  • Pioneer District
  • Seneca District
  • Cardinal District
  • MGM District
  • Muguyoh District

History

Tri-State Area Council merged with Buckskin Council on July 1, 2014.

History
Charleston Council #617
founded 1919
Logan County Council #756
founded 1926
McDowell County Council #707
founded 1925
Charleston Area Council #617
renamed 1929
Logan-Boone Area Council #756
renamed 1930
Kentucky-West Virginia Council #626
founded 1930
Southern West Virginia Council #707
renamed 1928
Logan-Boone-Mingo Area Council #756
merged 1934
Lonesome Pine Council #203
founded 1934
Buckskin Council #617
renamed 1949
Appalachian Council #673
founded 1946
Cornstalk Council #756
renamed 1953
Chief Cornstalk Council #756
renamed 1954
Southern West Virginia Council #707
merged 1955
Appalachian Council #707
renamed 1956
Chief Cornstalk Council #756
merged 1979
Buckskin Council #617
merged 1990
Buckskin Council #617
merged 1991
Notes:
Family of Buckskin Council
Huntington Council #672
founded 1919
Ashland Council #200
founded 1918
Huntington Area Council #672
renamed 1924
Huntington Area Council #672
merged 1928
Tri-State Area Council #672
renamed 1935
Notes:

Camps

The Tri-state Area Council operated three camps: Camp Arrowhead located in Ona, West Virginia. Camp Kiachuta Chester, Ohio, and Camp Cherokee Lousia, Kentucky. Camp Arrowhead hosted the Summer Camp Program while the remaining camps were weekend use facilities. Also a recently closed camp but still used for camporees Dillies Mill Dillies Mill, West Virginia.

See also

References

  1. ^ Wyatt, W. Joseph (January 2004). Buckskin Boys: A History of the Buckskin Council, 1919-2004. Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. ISBN 1575101149.