Editing Scouting in Mississippi (section)

==Early history (1910-1950)==
In 1909, Dr. Cran, the Local Episcopal Minister, and Mr. C.H. Hamilton organized Troop 19 in Brookhaven, Mississippi.  In 1910, the unit was officially recognized by the local scout office in Vicksburg.  Troop 19 became Troop 119 after the Andrew Jackson Council was formed.  It was sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church until 1938/39 when it was then sponsored by "The Men's Bible Class" First United Methodist church where it has remained.  The Troop has been continuously chartered since 1910 and is as old as the incorporated Boy Scouts of America.{{cn|date=July 2022}}

In 1912, one year after the Boy Scout movement came from England to the United States, George F. Maynard, Sr. founded the first troop in Tupelo — Troop 1. Scout units were soon founded in other cities such as Picayune, Corinth and Oxford.{{cn|date=July 2022}}

The [[Yazoo County Council]] was founded in 1919, and closed in 1922. The [[Southwest Mississippi Council]] (#303) was founded in 1923, and closed in 1928. The [[South Mississippi Area Council]] (#705) was founded in 1925, and closed in 1928. The [[Meridian Council]] (#302) was founded in 1920, and in 1935 changed its name to the [[Choctaw Area Council]]  (#302).<ref name="Hook" />

The [[Pine Burr-Hattiesburg Area Council]] (#304) was founded in 1927, changing its name to the [[Pine Burr Area Council]] (#304) in 1935. The [[East Mississippi Area Council]] (#691) was founded in 1926, changing its name to the [[Pushmataha Area Council]] (#691) in 1936. The [[Yocona Area Council]] (#748) was founded in 1926.<ref name="Hook">{{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>

The [[Jackson Council (Mississippi)|Jackson Council]] (#301) was founded in 1918, changing its name to the [[Hinds and Rankin Counties Council]] (#301) in 1922.  The [[Vicksburg Council]] (#304) was founded in 1919. The Hinds and Rankin Counties and Vicksburg councils merged to become the [[Kickapoo Area Council]] (#301) in 1927. In 1930, the [[Andrew Jackson Area Council]] (#303) was merged, and it merged with the Kickapoo Area Council (#301) in 1937 to become the [[Andrew Jackson Council]] (#303).<ref name="Hook" />