Editing Scouting in Mississippi (section)

==Scouting in Mississippi today==

There are eight [[Boy Scouts of America]] (BSA) local councils that serve [[Mississippi]].

=== Andrew Jackson Council===
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The Andrew Jackson Council serves Scouts in the area surrounding the state capital.

===History===
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" />

===Organization===
The council has five districts:<ref name="DD">{{Cite web |title=District Directory |url=http://www.bsa-jackson.org/around-the-council/district-directory/40000 |website=bsa-jackson.org}}</ref>
* Natchez Trace District: Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, and Jefferson Counties
* Big Creek District: Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike, and Walthall Counties
* Strong River District: Scott, Rankin and Simpson Counties
* Four Rivers District: Hinds, Issquena, Sharkey, and Warren Counties
* North Trace District: Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison and Yazoo Counties

===Camps===
*Hood Scout Reservation <ref>{{Cite web |title=Warren A. Hood Scout Reservation |url=http://www.bsa-jackson.org/hood-scout-reservation/hsr-home/39981}}</ref>

===Order of the Arrow===
* Sebooney Okasucca Lodge<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sebooney Okasucca Lodge |url=http://www.bsa-jackson.org/openrosters/view_homepage.aspx?orgkey=2546}}</ref>

===Chickasaw Council===
{{Main|Chickasaw Council}}
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|headquarters=[[Memphis, Tennessee]]
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The Chickasaw Council serves Scouts in [[Tennessee]] and [[Arkansas]], as well as Mississippi. The ''Delta Area Council'' of west Mississippi and their Koi Hatachie lodge 345, Order of the Arrow, merged into Chickasaw Council in the early 1990s.
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===Choctaw Area Council===
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The Choctaw Area Council serves youth in east Mississippi and west [[Alabama]], with the council office located in [[Meridian, Mississippi]]. The Choctaw Area Council camp is ''Camp Binachi'', and the council's name refers to the [[Choctaw]] nation.

===History===
The [[Meridian Council]] (#302) was founded in 1920, and in 1935 changed its name to the [[Choctaw Area Council]] (#302).<ref name="Hook" />

===Organization===
* Bobashela District
* Seminole District
===Order of the Arrow===
*Ashwanchi Kinta Lodge<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ashwanchi Kinta Lodge |url=http://www.oa193.org}}</ref>

===Istrouma Area Council===
{{Main|Istrouma Area Council}}
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|headquarters=Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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The  Istrouma Area Council serves Scouts in [[Louisiana]] and Mississippi.
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===Pine Burr Area Council===
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The '''Pine Burr Area Council''' serves youth in 17 counties in southeast and southern Mississippi, from headquarters in [[Hattiesburg]].

===History===
The [[Pine Burr-Hattiesburg Area Council]] (#304) was founded in 1927, changing its name to the [[Pine Burr Area Council]] (#304) in 1935. <ref name="Hook" />
====Organization====
*Singing River District
*Spanish Trail District
*Tall Pine District
*Tung Belt District
*Twin Rivers District
*Chickasawhay District
Scoutreach Division

====Camps====
*Camp Tiak

===Pushmataha Area Council===
{{Main|Pushmataha Area Council}}
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|name=Pushmataha Area Council (#691)
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|headquarters=[[Columbus, Mississippi]]
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'''Pushmataha Area Council''' serves Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe, Webster, [[Oktibbeha]], Clay, [[Lowndes County, Mississippi|Lowndes]], Winston, Choctaw and [[Noxubee County, Mississippi|Noxubee]] counties in north Mississippi. Camp Seminole is the Pushmataha Area Council camp. Pushmataha Area Council merged and is now part of Natchez Trace Council.

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===Southeast Louisiana Council===

{{Main|Southeast Louisiana Council}}

The Southeast Louisiana Council serves Scouting in Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemine, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint Tammany, and [[Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana|Terrebonne Parish]]es in Louisiana.  The {{convert|1200|acre|km2}} camp property known as Salmen Scout Reservation is located in Kiln, Mississippi.

===Yocona Area Council===
{{Main|Yocona Area Council}}
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|name=Yocona Area Council (#748)

|headquarters=[[Tupelo, Mississippi]]

|website ={{URL|http://www.yocona.org/}}
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The '''Yocona Area Council''' of northeast Mississippi is headquartered in [[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]]. It serves Alcorn, Tishomingo, Prentiss, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union, Benton, Marshall, Lafayette, and Yalobusha counties. The ''Chicksa Lodge'' serves local [[Order of the Arrow|Arrowmen]]. Yocona Area Council merged and is now part of Natchez Trace Council.