Editing Scouting in Oklahoma (section)

==Early history (1909–1950)==
The first [[Boy Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)|Boy Scout]] troop in America is claimed to have been organized in [[Pawhuska, Oklahoma#Scouting|Pawhuska]], in May 1909 by John F. Mitchell. Pawhuska is in the [[#Cherokee Area Council|Cherokee Area Council]].<ref name="okstate">{{Cite web |title=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture |url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/S/SC011.html |website=Oklahoma Historical Society}}</ref><ref name="newsok">{{Cite web |date=2009-11-23 |title=Pawhuska museum evokes Boy Scouts' state origins |url=http://newsok.com/pawhuska-museum-evokes-boy-scouts-state-origins/article/3419655 |website=NewsOK.com}}</ref>
[[File:Lady Liberty of Tahlequah.jpg|thumb|Lady Liberty of Tahlequah, part of [[Strengthen the Arm of Liberty]]]]
In 1917, the [[Guthrie Council]] was formed. It closed in 1918.<ref name="CSP Book" />

In 1921, the [[Miami Council (Oklahoma)|Miami Council]] was formed. It closed that same year.

The Hobart Council (#476) was founded in 1922. It closed in 1925.

The [[Durant Council]] was founded in 1921 and changed its name in 1923 to the [[Kiamichi Area Council]] (#736).

In 1930, the Kiamichi Area Council (#736) dissolved with parts going to [[T-O Council]], [[Lamar County Council]], [[Red River Area Council]] and the [[Pontotoc County Council]].

In 1918, the [[Ardmore Council]] (#468) was founded. It merged into the [[Red River Area Council]] (#468) in 1925.

In 1922, the [[Garvin and McClain Area Council]] (#475) was founded. It merged into the [[Red River Area Council]] (#468) in 1925.

In 1925, the [[Red River Area Council]] (#468) was founded. It changed its name to  the [[Chickasaw Council(Oklahoma)|Chickasaw Council]] (#468) in 1930.

In 1930, the [[Chickasaw Council(Oklahoma)|Chickasaw Council]] (#468) was founded. It merged into the Arbuckle Area Council in 1946.

In 1920, the [[Pontotoc County Council]] (#484) was founded. It merged into the Arbuckle Area Council in 1946.

In 1917, the [[Bartlesville Council]] (#469) was founded. It changed its name to the [[Cherokee Area Council (Oklahoma)|Cherokee Area Council]] (#469) in 1925.

In 1922, the [[Pawhuska Council]] (#462) was founded. It changed its name to the [[Osage County Council]] in 1923.

In 1923, the [[Osage County Council]] (#482) was founded. It changed its name to the [[Osage and Pawnee Counties Area Council]] (#469) in 1925. In 1926, the council changes its name to the [[Pawhuska Council]] (#482), which merged with the [[Cherokee Area Council (Oklahoma)|Cherokee Area Council]] (#469) in 1928.

In 1927, the [[Northeastern Oklahoma Council]] (#566) was founded. It merged with the [[Cherokee Area Council (Oklahoma)|Cherokee Area Council]] (#469) in 1929.

The [[Cherokee Area Council (Oklahoma)|Cherokee Area Council]] (#469) was founded in 1925.

The [[Stillwater Council]] was founded in 1916. It merged into [[Cimarron Valley Council]] (#473) in 1922.

The [[Creek County Council]] was founded in 1922. It merged into Cimarron Valley Council (#473) in 1922.

The [[Cimarron Valley Area Council]] (#473) was founded in 1922. It merged in to the Will Rogers Council (#473) in 1948.

The [[Ponca City Council]] (#483) was founded in 1921, changing its name to the [[Noble-Kay Counties Council]] (#483) in 1926. Noble-Kay Counties changed its name to the [[Northern Oklahoma Council]] (#483) in 1929. Northern Oklahoma changed its name to the [[Ponca Area Council]] (#483) in 1931. Ponca Area changed its name to the [[Northern Oklahoma Council]] (#483) in 1936.  The [[Northern Oklahoma Council]] (#483) merged into the Will Rogers Council (#473) in 1948.

The [[Will Rogers Council]] (#473) was founded in 1948. It merged in to the Cimarron Council (#473) in 2000.

The [[Northwest Oklahoma Council]] (#570) was founded in 1927. It merged in to the Great Salt Plains Council (#474) in 1928.

The [[Great Salt Plains Council]] (#474) was founded in 1927. It merged in to the Cimarron Council (#473) in 2000.

The [[Enid Council]] was founded in 1921. It changed its name to the [[Garfield County Council]] (#474) in 1923.

The [[Shawnee Council (Oklahoma)|Shawnee Council]] (#485) was founded in 1919. It changed its name to the [[Pottawatomie Rogers Council]] (#485) in 1922. It changed its name to the [[Canadian Valley Council]] (#485) in 1927.

The [[Jackson County Council]] was founded in 1920. It changed its name to the [[Navajo Mountain Area Council]] (#476) in 1925.

The [[Chickasha Council]] (#471) was founded in 1918. It changed its name to the [[Grady County Area Council]] (#471) in 1926. The [[Grady County Council]] (#471) merged into the [[Black Beaver Council]] (#471) in 1930.

The [[Stephens County Council]] (#487) was founded in 1921. It changed its name to the [[Jefferson-Stephens Area Council]] (#487) in 1924. Jefferson-Stephens Area changed its name in 1930 to the [[Je-Ste-Co Council]] (#487). Je-Ste-Co merged into [[Black Beaver Council]] (#472) in 1932.

The [[Comanche County Council]] (#472) was founded in 1922. It changed its name to the [[Black Beaver Area Council]] (#472) in 1925. The [[Black Beaver Area Council]] (#472) merged into the [[Navajo Mountain Area Council]] (#476) in 1927.

In 1925, the [[Navajo Mountain Area Council]] (#476) was founded. It merged into the [[Black Beaver Council]] (#471) in 1930.

In 1917, the [[Oklahoma City Council (BSA)|Oklahoma City Council]] (#480) was founded.

In 1920, the [[Norman Council]] (#479) was founded. It merged into the [[Oklahoma City Council (BSA)|Oklahoma City Council]] (#480) in 1927.

In 1928, the [[Oklahoma City Council (BSA)|Oklahoma City Council]] (#480) merged into the [[Oklahoma County Council]] (#480).

In 1927, the [[Ca-Bla-Ki Council]] (#475) was founded. It merged into the [[Oklahoma County Council]] (#480) in 1928.

In 1927, the [[Washita Valley Council]] (#470) was founded. It merged into the [[Oklahoma County Council]] (#480) in 1933.

In 1927, the [[Canadian Valley Council]] (#485) was founded. It merged into the [[Last Frontier Council]] (#480) in 1947.

In 1930, the [[Oklahoma County Council]] (#480) changed its name to [[Central Oklahoma Council]] (#480). It merged into the [[Last Frontier Council]] (#480) in 1939.

In 1939, the [[Last Frontier Council]] (#480) was founded.

In 1911, the [[Tulsa Council]] (#488) was founded. It changed its name to the [[Tulsa County Council]] (#488) in 1922 after adding the remainder of Tulsa County. It changed its name to the [[Tulsa Area Council]] (#488) in 1936 after adding Rogers and Mayes Counties. It changed its name to the [[Indian Nations Council]] (#488) in 1957 after merging with the [[Creek Nations Council]].

In 1920, the [[Pittsburg County Council]] (#477) was founded. It changed its name to the [[McAlester Council]] (#477) in 1921.

In 1920, the [[Sapulpa Council]] (#486) was founded. It changed its name to the [[Creek County Council]] (#486) in 1925.

In 1920, the [[Drumright Council]] was founded. It merged into the [[Creek County Council]] (#486) in 1922.

In 1927, the [[Creek County Council]] (#486) was founded. It merged into [[Creek Nation Area Council]] (#481) in 1928.

The [[Creek Nation Area Council|Creek Nation Council]] (#481) was founded in 1928. It merged with the [[Indian Nations Council]] (#488) in 1957.

In 1922, the [[South Creek County Council]] (#470) was founded. It changed its name to the [[Bristow Council]] (#488) in 1923. It merged into the [[Okmulgee Council]] (#481) in 1927.

In 1919, the [[Okmulgee Council]] (#481) was founded. It changed its name to the [[Okmulgee County Council]] (#481) in 1927.

In 1921, the [[McAlester Council]] (#477) was founded. It changed its name to the [[Choctaw Area Council (Oklahoma)|Choctaw Area Council]] (#486) in 1926.

In 1917, the [[Muskogee Council]] (#478) was founded. It changed its name to the [[Muskogee Area Council]] (#478) in 1927. It changed its name to the [[Eastern Oklahoma Area Council]] (#478) in 1949.

The [[Choctaw Area Council (Oklahoma)|Choctaw Area Council]] (#477) was founded in 1926. It merged with the [[Indian Nations Council]] (#488) in 1971.

In 1928, the [[Tex-Okla Council]] (#489) was founded and merged into the  [[Adobe Walls Council]] (#569) in 1931.<ref name="CSP Book">{{Cite book |last=Hook |first=James |url=https://www.angelfire.com/tx6/patch/cspbook.html |title=An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation |last2=Franck |first2=Dave |last3=Austin |first3=Steve |year=1982}}</ref>