Editing Scouting in Texas (section)

==Boy Scouts of America in Texas==
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Texas is home to the [[Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters|BSA National Headquarters]] in [[Irving, Texas]]. The [[National Scouting Museum]] was located in Irving from October 2002 until September 2017 when it was moved to Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico.

There are twenty [[Boy Scouts of America]] local councils in Texas. All of Texas lies within the [[Southern Region (Boy Scouts of America)|Southern Region]], except for El Paso, Hudspeth and Parmer Counties, which are part of [[Western Region (Boy Scouts of America)|Western Region]].<ref name="CSP Book">{{Cite book |last1=Hook |first1=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>

===Alamo Area Council===
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|chiefscout3=[[Michael de los Santos]]
|website={{url | http://www.alamoareabsa.org}}
}}
The '''Alamo Area Council''', headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, serves a 13 county area in Texas. The counties served by the Alamo Area BSA include Bexar, Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Frio, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, La Salle, McMullen, Medina, and Wilson.

====Organization====
;Districts
* Fiesta District
* River District
* Coyote District
* Roadrunner District
* Oak Tree District
* Mesquite District
* Wildflower District (meta-district includes Scoutreach)
* Prickly Pear District (meta-district includes Exploring)
* Mission District (made up of units run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was dissolved at the end of 2019 when the Church dissolved all its scouting units)
The council is composed of:
;Old Districts
* Texas Hills District
* Rough Rider District
* Diamondback District
* Summit District
* Memorial District
* Longhorn District
* Cimarron District
* Two Rivers District
* Armadillo District
* Victory District
* Broken Arrow District
* Cherokee District
* Eagle District
* El Dorado District
* Four Rivers District
* Galaxy District
* Keystone District
* Mission Tejas District
* Phoenix District
* Sioux District
* Aztec District
* Tomahawk District
* Two Feathers District
These thirteen no longer have their old names, except Galaxy.

====Camps====
Alamo Area Council operates three camps: McGimsey Scout Park, where Cub Scout Day Camp is held during the summer, as well as other events throughout the year, Bear Creek Scout Reservation, where Boy Scout resident camp and Webelos resident camp are held during the summer, and the newest camp, the Mays Family Scout Ranch located south of downtown San Antonio.

====Order of the Arrow====
* Aina Topa Hutsi #60<ref>{{url | http://www.ath60.org}}</ref>

===Bay Area Council===
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====Organization====
* Coastal District
* Cradle of Texas District
* Thunderbird District
* Northern Star District

====Camps====
* Camp Karankawa
* Sea Star Base Galveston

====Order of the Arrow====
* Wihinipa Hinsa Lodge

===Buffalo Trail Council===
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The '''Buffalo Trail Council''' comprises five Districts serving West Texas.

====Organization====
* Chaparral District - Martin and Midland counties
* Comanche Trails District - Andrews, Ector, Loving, Ward, and Winkler counties
* Big Bend District - Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, and Reeves counties
* Lone Star District - Borden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry and Sterling counties
* Scoutreach District

====Camps====
* Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch

===Caddo Area Council===
{{main|Caddo Area Council}}
Headquartered in [[Texarkana, Texas]], the '''Caddo Area Council (#584)''' serves Scouts in Northeast Texas and [[Arkansas]].<ref>{{url | http://www.caddobsa.org}}</ref>

The Longhorn District serves Bowie and Cass counties in Northeast Texas.

===Capitol Area Council===
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|chiefscout=Marietta Scott
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|chiefscout2=Mani Kuruvila
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|chiefscout3=Jon Yates
|website={{url|https://www.bsacac.org}}
}}
The '''Capitol Area Council''' serves Scouts and Scouting volunteers in 15 [[Central Texas]] counties surrounding Austin. The council currently (when?) serves 24,000 young people, and is led by the current Scout Executive, Jon Yates.

====Organization====
* Armadillo District
* Bee Cave District
* Blackland Prairie District
* Chisholm Trail District
* Colorado River District
* Hill Country District
* Live Oak District
* North Shore District
* Sacred Springs District
* San Gabriel District
* Thunderbird District
* Waterloo District

====Camps====
* Lost Pines Scout Reservation - Bastrop County, Texas
* Griffith League Scout Ranch - Bastrop County, Texas
* Camp Alma McHenry - near Giddings, Texas
* Camp Green Dickson - near Gonzales, Texas
* Smilin V -- Liberty Hill (Williamson County), Texas
* Roy D. Rivers Wilderness Camp - Near Smithville, Texas

====Order of the Arrow====
* Tonkawa #99<ref>{{url |http://tonkawa99.org}}</ref>
First chartered by the National Council on January 20, 1937, by Joe Lindsay Jr. and Joe Lindsay Sr., Tonkawa Lodge #99 started as Tejas Lodge but was later changed to Tonkawa in 1938 with lodge 72 already having the name. Tonkawa Lodge #99 was proudly had one of its members become the [[Order of the Arrow]] National Chief in 2011, Jonathan "Bunker" Hillis. Currently Tonkawa Lodge #99 has 12 Chapters that are aligned and named with the above-mentioned Districts.

===Circle Ten Council===
{{Main|Circle Ten Council}}
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The '''Circle Ten Council''' serves BSA units in 24 counties across North Texas and portions of Oklahoma.

====Organization====

;North Central Service Area

* Northern Trail District
* Rising Sun District
* Tejas Caddo District
* West Park District

;North Metro Service Area

* Chisholm Trail District
* Eagle Trail District
* Iron Horse District
* Lone Star District
* Texoma Valley District

;Northeastern Service Area

* Duck Creek District
* East Trinity Trails District
* Eastern Lakes District
* Post Oak District
* Two Rivers District

;Southwestern Service Area

* Elm Fork District
* Soaring Eagle District
* Southern Star District
* Western Horizion District

===Camps===

* Camp Constantin - Graford, TX
* Clements Scout Ranch - Athens, TX
* Camp James Ray - Pottsboro, TX
* Camp Wisdom - Dallas, TX

===Order of the Arrow===
* Mikanakawa Lodge #101

=== Conquistador Council ===
{{main|Conquistador Council}}
The '''Conquistador Council''' (No. 413), with its office in [[Roswell, New Mexico]], primarily oversees BSA units in southeast New Mexico. However, [[Parmer County, Texas]] is included in the council territory because of its proximity to [[Clovis, New Mexico]]. There are no units chartered in Parmer County. The area is part of '''El Llano Grande District'''. The '''Kwahadi Lodge #78''' of the Order of the Arrow serves local Arrowmen.

===East Texas Area Council===
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The '''East Texas Area Council''' was formed in 1930 through the merger of the [[Davey Crockett Council]], the [[Pine Tree Area Council]], and the [[Tejas Council]]. It serves 17 counties in Texas.

====Organization====
* Five Rivers District
* Golden Eagle District
* Tomahawk District
* Wo Ha Li District

====Camps====
* George W. Pirtle Scout Reservation (Camp Pirtle)

====Order of the Arrow====
*  Tejas Lodge 72<ref>{{url |http://tejaslodge.org}}</ref>

===Golden Spread Council===
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{{Main|Golden Spread Council}}
The '''Golden Spread Council (#562)''' serves Scouts in the Panhandles of [[Texas Panhandle|Texas]] and [[Oklahoma Panhandle|Oklahoma]]. Its service area includes all or part of 23 counties in Texas and three counties in Oklahoma.

'''Organization'''

* Adobe Walls District
* Golden Eagle District
* Lone Wolf District
* Quanah Parker District

'''Camps'''

* Camp Don Harrington
* Camp M.K. Brown

'''Order of the Arrow'''

* Nischa Achowalogen

===Longhorn Council===
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The '''Longhorn Council'''  serves Scouts in a 23 county area of North Texas and Central Texas. Its headquarters is in [[Hurst, Texas|Hurst]] (near [[Fort Worth]]), with an additional service center in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]].

====Organization====
The council is organized into 12 districts:
* Arrowhead District
* {{Cite web |title=Brazos Valley District |url=http://brazosvalleydistrict.com}}
* {{Cite web |title=Chisholm Trail District |url=http://www.chisholm-trail.com}}
* {{Cite web |title=Frontier Trails District |url=http://www.frontiertrails.org}}
* Heart O' Texas District
* {{Cite web |title=Leon Valley District |url=http://www.leonvalleydistrict.org}}
* Lone Star District
* {{Cite web |title=Mustang District |url=http://www.mustang-district.org}}
* Orion District
* Pathfinder District
* Santa Fe District
* {{Cite web |title=Trinity Trails District |url=http://www.trinitytrails.net}}

====Camps====
* [[Worth Ranch]] (Palo Pinto, Texas)
* Sid Richardson Scout Ranch (Bridgeport, Texas)
* Camp Tahuaya (Belton, Texas)
* Hills and Hollows (Denton, Texas)

====Order of the Arrow====
*  Netopalis Sipo Schipinahck Lodge #209<ref>{{url |  https://www.netopalis209.org}}</ref>

===NeTseO Trails Council===
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'''NeTseO Trails Council''' serves Scouts in northeastern Texas (neT) and southeastern Oklahoma (seO) and has the Council Office in Paris, Texas on the west side of [[Loop 286]]. Council merged with Circle Ten 3/1/2017.

====Organization====
* Two Rivers District
* Northern Star District
* White Oak District

====Camps====
* Camp Frederick H. Dierks, Wright City, Oklahoma (sold 2017)
* Lynwood Hogue Scout Camp a.k.a. "Hogue's Landing", Paris, TX

====Order of the Arrow====
* Loquanne Allangwh Lodge #428

===Northwest Texas Council===
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The '''Northwest Texas Council''' (#587) was founded in 1920. Based in Wichita Falls, the Northwest Texas Council serves almost 100 units in 12 Texas counties (Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, and Wilbarger).

'''Organization'''

The Northwest Texas Council has two districts:

* Green Belt District
* Red River District

====Camps====
* Camp Perkins - a gift in 1941 from Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Perkins, is the primary camp for the council. It is about {{convert|400|acre||abbr=}} located along the Red River.

====Order of the Arrow====
* Wichita Lodge 35

===Rio Grande Council===
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The '''Rio Grande Council''' (#775) was formed in 1927 as the Lower Rio Grande Valley Council (#775). It changed its name in 1947 to the current name.<ref name="CSP Book" /> It covers 5 counties, including Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Starr & Zapata and it serves a membership of approximately, 4,000 youth and 1,500 adult leaders in the southernmost parts of Texas.

====Organization====
The Rio Grande Council has two districts:
* East
* West

====Camps====
* Laguna Station High Adventure Sea Base<ref name="riograndecouncil1">{{Cite web |title=Laguna Station |url=http://www.riograndecouncil.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=30813&orgkey=2275 |access-date=April 29, 2013 |publisher=Riograndecouncil.org}}</ref> is located on [[South Padre Island]]. Campers can gain [[Scuba diving|SCUBA]] certification.
* Camp Perry<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camp Perry - Summer Camp |url=http://www.riograndecouncil.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=30812&orgkey=2275 |access-date=April 29, 2013 |publisher=Riograndecouncil.org}}</ref> was established in 1927 and has continuously operated as a Boy Scout Camp longer than any other such camp in Texas. Situated on the banks of the Arroyo Colorado, it covers over {{convert|260|acre|km2}}. There are twelve campsites at Camp Perry.

====Order of the Arrow====
* Wewanoma Lodge

===Sam Houston Area Council===
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|chiefscout3=Travis Briner
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The Sam Houston Area Council serves youth in 16 counties in southeast Texas. The council headquarters is in Houston.

====Organization====
Central Division
* {{url |  http://aldine-pathfinder.shac.org | Aldine Pathfinder District}}
* {{url |  http://tatanka.shac.org  | Tatanka District}}
* {{url |  http://antares.shac.org  | Antares District}}
* {{url |  http://wl-davis.shac.org  | W.L. Davis District}}

East Division
* {{url |  http://san-jacinto.shac.org  | San Jacinto District}}
* {{url |  http://flaming-arrow.shac.org  | Flaming Arrow District}}
* {{url |  http://raven.shac.org  | Raven District}}
* {{url |  http://skyline.shac.org  | Skyline District}}

Frontier Division
* {{url |  http://arrowmoon.shac.org  | Arrowmoon District}}
* {{url |  http://brahman.shac.org  | Brahman District}}
* {{url |  http://david-crockett.shac.org  | David Crockett District}}
* {{url |  http://george-strake.shac.org  | George Strake District}}

North Division
* {{url |  http://iron-horse.shac.org  | Iron Horse District}}
* {{url |  http://phoenix.shac.org  | Phoenix District}}
* {{url |  http://soaring-eagle.shac.org  | Soaring Eagle District}}
* {{url |  http://tall-timbers.shac.org  | Tall Timbers District}}
* {{url |  http://orion.shac.org  | Orion District}}

South Division
* {{url |  http://aquila.shac.org  | Aquila District}}
* {{url |  http://brazos.shac.org  | Brazos District}}
* {{url |  http://north-star.shac.org  | North Star District}}
* {{url |  http://thunder-wolf.shac.org  | Thunder Wolf District}}
* {{url |  http://twin-bayou.shac.org  | Twin Bayou District}}

West Division
* {{url |  http://copperhead.shac.org  | Copperhead District}}
* {{url |  http://big-cypress.shac.org  | Big Cypress District}}
* {{url |  http://mustang.shac.org  | Mustang District}}
* {{url |  http://texas-skies.shac.org  | Texas Skies District}}

Learning for Life Division
* {{url |  http://exploring.shac.org  | Exploring - North District}}
* {{url |  http://exploring.shac.org  | Exploring - South District}}
* {{url |  http://www.samhoustonbsa.org/learning-for-life  | Learning for Life - Curriculum}}
* {{url |  https://stemscouts.org |  STEM Scouts}}

====Camps====
* Camp Strake was a Boy Scout Camp in Southern [[Montgomery County, Texas]] off of [[I-45]]. The camp closed in December 2014. Camp Strake is moving to a rural site in the Sam Houston National Forest, between New Waverly and Coldspring near the community of Evergreen in order to create a 21st-century Scouting experience for Scouts and their leaders.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camp Strake — Sam Houston Area Council |url=http://www.samhoustonbsa.org/camp-strake}}</ref>
* El Rancho Cima Scout Reservation, a 2,680 acre mountain ranch purchased in 1953. It is located on the [[Blanco River (Texas)|Blanco River]] near [[Wimberley, Texas]] in the Devil's Backbone of the [[Texas Hill Country]]. El Rancho Cima contains three main areas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2019 |title=Texas Scout Camps |url=http://maintour.com/texas/scout_camps.htm}}</ref> -
** Due to devastating flooding at El Rancho Cima's River Camp on Memorial Day 2015, El Rancho Cima was closed as a scout camp. Hays County purchased a portion of the land from SHAC in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/el-rancho-cima-texas/|title = El Rancho Cima|date = November 19, 2019|publisher = [[The Nature Conservancy]]}}</ref>
* Camp Brosig is located seven miles north of [[Sealy, Texas]]. This camp is used primarily for weekend camping at district/council activities.
* Bovay Scout Ranch is located off SH 6, just south of [[Navasota, Texas]]. Bovay Scout Ranch contains the McNair Cub Adventure Camp and the Tellepsen Scout Camp.

====OA Lodges====
* Colonneh Lodge #137<ref>{{url | http://www.colonneh.org}}</ref>

====International exchanges====
Houston Scouts have an international relationship with [[Scout Association of Japan|Scouts]] in [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]], Japan.

===South Plains Council===
{{Main|South Plains Council}}

The South Plains Council (#694) serves the area around Lubbock.

===South Texas Council===
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The South Texas Council of [[Corpus Christi, Texas]], was renamed from the ''Gulf Coast Council'' in 2003.

====Organization====
* Aztec District
* Brush Country District
* Coastal Plains District
* LaSalle District
* Pawnee District
* Venado District

====Camps====
* Camp Karankawa
* Camp Huisache

====Order of the Arrow====
* Karankawa Lodge 307

===Texas Southwest Council===
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The Texas Southwest Council serves Scouts in Southwest Central Texas through the jurisdiction of two districts and 26 Boy Scout troops.<ref>{{url |http://tswcbsa.org }}</ref>

====Organization====
* Concho Valley District
* Amistad District

====Camps====
* Camp Sol Mayer
* Camp Fawcett
* Baden Powell Park

====Order of the Arrow====
*Wahinkto Lodge 199<ref>{{url | http://wahinkto.org }}</ref>

2024 Lodge Chief-Santiago Guerra

===Texas Trails Council===
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The Texas Trails Council was formed in 2003 by the consolidation of the Chisholm Trail Council (all of Taylor, Shackelford, Haskell, Jones, Callahan, and Coleman counties, and part of Runnels County) and the Comanche Trail Council (Brown, Comanche, Erath, Mills, San Saba, and Lampasas counties).

====Organization====
* Old Comanche Trails District ([[Stephens County, Texas|Stephens]], [[Erath County, Texas|Erath]], [[Eastland County, Texas|Eastland]], and [[Comanche County, Texas|Comanche]] counties, along with [[Moran Independent School District|Moran ISD]] and [[Cross Plains Independent School District|Cross Plains ISD]])
* Pecan Valley District ([[Lampasas County, Texas|Lampasas]], [[San Saba County, Texas|San Saba]], [[Brown County, Texas|Brown]], [[Mills County, Texas|Mills]], and [[Coleman County, Texas|Coleman]] counties)
* Buffalo Mountain District ([[Stonewall County, Texas|Stonewall]], [[Fisher County, Texas|Fisher]], [[Haskell County, Texas|Haskell]], [[Jones County, Texas|Jones]], [[Nolan County, Texas|Nolan]], and [[Taylor County, Texas|Taylor]] counties, along with [[Albany Independent School District|Albany ISD]], [[Baird Independent School District|Baird ISD]], Clyde ISD, and [[Winters Independent School District|Winters ISD]])

====Camps====
* Camp Billy Gibbons
* Camp Tonkawa

====Order of the Arrow====
* Penateka Lodge

===Three Rivers Council===
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====Organization====
* Big Thicket District
* Sabine District
* Spindletop District
* Trinity District

====Camps====
Scott Scout Ranch formerly Camp Urland
* Camp Urland Scout Reservation

====Order of the Arrow====
* Hasinai Lodge

Neche Lodge 36, Second Oldest in the South until 1970 when the merger of Trinity Neches and Sabine Area required a combine lodge name change to Hasinai.

===Yucca Council===
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Yucca Council serves Scouts in Texas and New Mexico in the [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] area.

====Organization====
* Geronimo District
* Mescalero District
* Polaris District
* Sunshine District
* Wapaha District
* White Sands District

====Camps====
* Black Range Cavalcade
* Camp Dale Resler

====Order of the Arrow====
* Gila Lodge

As Scouting America  has trademarked the phrase, "Scouting", there are no other organizations in the state who may use the term in reference to its program for boys.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://licensingbsa.org/trademarks/|title = Trademarks}}</ref>