Orange County Council (#039) | |||
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Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
Headquarters | Orange, California | ||
Country | United States | ||
Founded | 1921 | ||
Council Commissioner | Steve Bradley | ||
Scout Executive | Russell Etzenhouser | ||
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Website ocbsa.org | |||
Founded in 1920 as the Orange County Council,[1] 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.[2]
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]
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.[8]
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