Editing Scouting in Illinois (section)

==Girl Scouting in Illinois==
There are five councils based in Illinois, though a small part of northern [[Winnebago County, Illinois|Winnebago County]] is served by [[Scouting in Wisconsin#Girl Scouts of Wisconsin - Badgerland Council|Girl Scouts of Wisconsin - Badgerland Council]]

===Girl Scouts of Central Illinois===
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Girl Scouts of Central Illinois serves over 20,000 girls and has nearly 5,000 adult volunteers.

It was formed by the merger of Girl Scouts of Centrillio Council, Girl Scouts-Kickapoo Council, Girl Scouts of Two Rivers Council, Shemamo Girl Scout Council of Illinois, Girl Scouts, Land of Lincoln Council, and Girl Scouts of Green Meadows Council.

Regions:
* Bloomington covers Livingston, Logan and McLean counties
* Champaign covers Champaign, Douglas, Ford, Iroquois, and Vermillion counties
* Decatur covers Christian, DeWitt, Macon, Moultries, Piatt, and Shelby counties
* Peoria covers Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford counties
* Quincy covers Adams, Brown, Pike, and Schulyer counties
* Springfield covers Cass, Greene, Macoupin, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Sangamon, and Scott counties
* Macomb covers Fulton, Hancock, and McDonough counties
* Peru covers Bureau, LaSalle, and Putnam counties

===Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois===
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Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois serves 20,000 girls and has 5,000 adult volunteers in Eastern Iowa and Rock Island, Mercer, Henderson, Warren, Knox, Henry, and Jo Daviess counties in Illinois.

Formed by the merger of Girl Scouts of Conestoga Council, Girl Scouts Little Butt Council, Girl Scouts of the Mississippi Valley, and Girl Scouts of Shining Trail Council.

===Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana===
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Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana serves more than 55,000 girls and 21,000 adult volunteers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2015 Annual Report, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana |url=http://www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/content/dam/girlscouts-girlscoutsgcnwi/documents/FY15_annual_report_web.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808235753/http://www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/content/dam/girlscouts-girlscoutsgcnwi/documents/FY15_annual_report_web.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-08 |url-status=live}}</ref>  It is the largest Girl Scout council by membership in the United States. It includes Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kankakee, Lake and Will counties in Illinois and Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter counties in Indiana.

It was formed by the merger of Girl Scouts of the Calumet Council Indiana, Girl Scouts of Chicago, Drifting Dunes Girl Scout Council, Girl Scouts of DuPage County Council, Girl Scouts&nbsp;— Illinois Crossroads Council, Girl Scouts&nbsp;— Prairie Winds, Girl Scouts of South Cook County, and Girl Scouts of Trailways Council on July 1, 2008.

===Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois===
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Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois was formed on October 1, 2009 from a merger of Fox Valley, Rock River Valley, Green Hills, and Sybaquay councils. The council serves Kane, Kendall, McHenry, DeKalb, Boone, Winnebago, Stephenson, Ogle, Lee, Jo Daviess, Carroll and Whiteside counties.

===Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois===
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The council serves around 14,000 girls in southern Illinois. It was formed in October 2009 from a merger of River Bluffs and Shagbark Councils.