Many local councils have gone through countless name changes, merges, splits and re-creations since the establishment of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910.
List of defunct local councils of the Boy Scouts of America No Council City State Founded Defunct Remarks New council618 Allohak Council Parkersburg West Virginia 1990 2018 Merged into Buckskin Council 617 Buckskin Council 617 602 3rd Congressional District Council Richmond Virginia 1924 1927 Merged into Richmond Area Council 602 728 4th Congressional District Council Petersburg Virginia 1926 1926 Merged into Robert E. Lee Council 728 703 Aberdeen Area Council Aberdeen South Dakota 1925 1928 561 Abilene Council Abilene Texas 1922 1926 Renamed Chisholm Trail Council 561 121 Acis Council Acis Illinois 1927 1929 Decatur Area 121 740 Adair County Council Kirksville Missouri 1926 1928 Pershing 740 141 Adams County Council Quincy Illinois 1926 1927 Quincy Area 141 394 Adirondack Council Plattsburgh New York 1924 2005 Merged into Twin Rivers 364 Twin Rivers 364 518 Admiral Robert E. Peary Council Johnstown Pennsylvania 1936 1970 Merged with Blair-Bedford Area Council 496 and William Penn Council 517 Penn's Woods Council 508 569 Adobe Walls Area Council Pampa Texas 1934 1986 Merged with Llano Estacado 562 Golden Spread 562 569 Adobe Walls Council Pampa Texas 1928 1934 Adobe Walls Area 569 354 Aheka Council Passaic New Jersey 1939 1972 Merged with Alhtaha 355 Passaic Valley 353 433 Akron Area Council Akron Ohio 1921 1971 Name changed Great Trail 433 22 Alameda Council Alameda California 1917 2020 Merged with San Francisco Bay Area Council 028 Golden Gate Area Council 028 583 Alamo Area Council San Antonio Texas 1912 1918 San Antonio 583 98 Alapaha Area Council Valdosta Georgia 1960 2012 Merged with Chehaw 97 South Georgia 98 610 Alaska Council Juneau Alaska 1934 1954 Western Alaska 610 610 Alaska Council Alaska 1930 1934 Alaska 610, Seattle Council 609 364 Albany Council Albany New York 1916 1923 Fort Orange 364 282 Albert Lea Council Albert Lea Minnesota 1921 1926 Southern Minnesota Area 282 Albion Council Albion Indiana 1917 1918 412 Albuquerque Council Albuquerque New Mexico 1918 1926 Bernalillo County 412 351 Alexander Hamilton Council Union City New Jersey 1937 1968 Merged with Hudson 342 Hudson-Hamilton 348 208 Alexandria Council Alexandria Louisiana 1919 1921 Attakapas 208 78 Alfred W Dater Council Glenbrook Connecticut 1939 1972 Merged with Mauwehu 75 and Pomperaug 65 Fairfield County 68 241 Algonquin Council Framingham Massachusetts 1925 1996 Merged with Norumbega 246 Knox Trail 244 355 Alhtaha Council Wayne New Jersey 1942 1972 Merged with Aheka 354 Passaic Valley 353 527 Allegheny Council Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1921 1967 Merged with Nemacolin Trails 720 Allegheny Trails 527 Allegheny County Council Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1914 1920 Divided into seven councils 1921 527 Allegheny County, West Council Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1928 1943 Allegheny 527 527 Allegheny Trails Council Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1967 1993 Merged with East Valley Area 530 Greater Pittsburgh 527 495 Allegheny Valley Council Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1921 1924 From Allegheny County 1921 157 Allen County Council Fort Wayne Indiana 1924 1925 Anthony Wayne Area 157 729 Allentown Council Allentown Pennsylvania 1926 1930 Lehigh County 729 434 Alliance Council Alliance Ohio 1923 1928 Canton Area 436 112 Alton Council Alton Illinois 1920 1922 Alton-Wood River 112 112 Alton-Wood River Council Alton Illinois 1922 1930 Piasa Bird 112 496 Altoona Council Altoona Pennsylvania 1919 1929 Merged with Tyrone 535 Blair-Bedford 496 562 Amarillo Area Council Amarillo Texas 1928 1939 Llano Estacado 652 562 Amarillo Council Amarillo Texas 1921 1924 Panhandle Area 562 116 Ambraw-Wabash Council Decatur Illinois 1928 1953 Buffalo Trace 116 169 Ames Council Ames Iowa 1914 1923 Story County 169 Amherst Council Amherst Massachusetts 1919 1920 365 Amsterdam Council Amsterdam New York 1919 1925 ended/dissolved/disbanded 149 Anderson Council Anderson Indiana 1923 1928 Hoosier 149 Anderson Council Anderson Indiana 1918 1919 Andover Council Andover Massachusetts 1917 1918 730 Andrew Jackson Council Florence Alabama 1926 1930 Merged into Tennessee Valley 659 Tennessee Valley 659 255 Ann Arbor Council Ann Arbor Michigan 1917 1924 Merged with Ypsilanti 281 Washtenaw County 255 225 Annawon Council Norton Massachusetts 1930 2016 Merged with Narragansett 546 Narragansett 546 514 Anthracite Council Hazleton Pennsylvania 1927 1970 Merged with Wyoming Valley 542 Penn Mountains 522 7 Apache Council Miami Arizona 1922 1934 Roosevelt 10 559 Appalachian Council Johnson City Tennessee 1925 1925 Cherokee Area 559 673 Appalachian Council Beckley West Virginia 1946 1955 Appalachian 707 707 Appalachian Council Bluefield Virginia 1956 1991 Merged into Buckskin 617 Buckskin 617 526 Appalachian Trail Council Pottsville Pennsylvania 1941 1970 Merged with Daniel Boone 528 Hawk Mountain 528 Appleton Council Appleton Wisconsin 1920 1922 Merged with Neenah-Menasha Valley 635 468 Ardmore Council Ardmore Oklahoma 1918 1925 Merged with Garvin and Mcclain Area 475 Red River Area 468 187 Arkansas City Council Arkansas City Kansas 1920 1924 Merged with Winfield 199 Sumner-Crowley 199 669 Arkansas Valley Council La Junta Colorado 1924 1927 Merged with Las Animas County 64 Spanish Peaks 064 223 Arlington Council Arlington Massachusetts 1922 1926 Sachem 223 48 Arrowhead Area Council San Bernardino California 1933 1972 Merged with Riverside County 45 California Inland Empire 45 117 Arrowhead Council Champaign Illinois 1933 1991 Merged with Piankeshaw 739 Illiana 117 298 Arrowhead Council Virginia Minnesota 1925 1928 Merged with Eveleth 287 Iron Range 298 563 Arrowhead Council San Marcos Texas 1924 1928 ended/dissolved/disbanded 583 and 564 703 Arrowhead Council Waterton South Dakota 1934 1943 Pheasant 693 414 Asheville Council Asheville North Carolina 1919 1922 Buncombe County 414 200 Ashland Council Ashland Kentucky 1918 1928 Huntington 672 Ashland Council Ashland Wisconsin 1918 1920 435 Ashtabula Council Ashtabula Ohio 1922 1926 ended/dissolved/disbanded Ashton Council Ashton Idaho 1917 1918 489 Astoria Council Astoria Oregon 1922 1923 Clatsop County 489 92 Atlanta Council Atlanta Georgia 1915 1939 Atlanta Area 92 331 Atlantic Area Council Northfield New Jersey 1926 1992 Merged with Ocean County 341 Ocean County 341 and Jersey Shore 341 331 Atlantic City Council Atlantic City New Jersey 1918 1926 Atlantic Area 331 208 Attakapas Council Alexandria Louisiana 1921 1923 Rapids Parish 208 208 Attakapas Council Alexandria Louisiana 1925 1933 ended/dissolved/disbanded 208 Attakapas Council Alexandria Louisiana 1938 2003 Merged with Ouachita Valley 213 Louisiana Purchase 213 366 Auburn Council Auburn New York 1919 1924 Cayuga County 366 Auburn Council Auburn Maine 1917 1919 200 Audubon Council Owensboro Kentucky 1952 1994 Merged with Four Rivers 207 Shawnee Trails 200 93 Augusta Area Council Augusta Georgia 1929 1941 Georgia-Carolina 93 93 Augusta Council Augusta Georgia 1920 1925 Richmond County 93 Aumuckalie Council 3rd Congressional District Georgia 1921 1922 113 Aurora Area Council Aurora Illinois 1927 1955 Name changed Kedeka Area 113 113 Aurora Council Aurora Illinois 1916 1927 Aurora Area 113 564 Austin Area Council Austin Texas 1928 1934 Capital Area 564 283 Austin Council Austin Minnesota 1921 1929 Cedar Valley Area 283 564 Austin Council Austin Texas 1912 1924 Austin-Travis County 564 564 Austin-Travis County Council Austin Texas 1924 1928 Austin Area 564 700 Aztec Council Laredo Texas 1927 1933 577 and 583 381 Baden-Powell Council Binghamton New York 1975 1998 Merged with Susquenango 368 Baden-Powell 368 622 Badger Council Fond du Lac Wisconsin 1926 1973 Merged with Waumegesako 625, Nicolet Area 621, Valley 635, Twin Lakes 630 and Kettle Moraine 632 Bay Lakes 635 30 Bakersfield Council Bakersfield California 1919 1921 Kern County 30 220 Baltimore Council Baltimore Maryland 1915 1924 Baltimore County 220 220 Baltimore County Council Baltimore Maryland 1924 1925 Baltimore Area 220 216 Bangor Council Bangor Maine 1919 1924 Penobscot 216 Barnesville Council Barnesville Ohio 1917 1918 224 Barnstable County Council Barnstable Massachusetts 1915 1925 Cape Cod 224 150 Bartholomew County Council Columbus Indiana 1921 1926 469 Bartlesville Council Bartlesville Oklahoma 1917 1925 Cherokee Area 469 367 Batavia Council Batavia New York 1917 1924 Genesee and Wyoming Counties 367 Bath Council Bath Maine 1917 1919 211 Baton Rouge Council Baton Rouge Louisiana 1917 1922 East Baton Rouge Parish 211 256 Battle Creek Area Council Battle Creek Michigan 1927 1953 Nottawa Trails 256 256 Battle Creek Council Battle Creek Michigan 1915 1927 Battle Creek Area 256 257 Bay City Council (Michigan) Bay City Michigan 1917 1926 Merged with Midland 273 Summer Trails 257 Bay City Council (Texas) Bay City Texas 1918 1920 239 Bay Shore Council Lynn Massachusetts 1936 1966 Merged with North Shore 701 North Bay 236 332 Bayonne Council Bayonne New Jersey 1918 1993 Merged into Hudson-Hamilton 348 Hudson-Hamilton 348 Beacon Council Beacon New York 1917 1918 249 Bear Hill Council Stoneham Massachusetts 1924 1926 Medford 242 565 Beaumont Area Council Beaumont Texas 1934 1942 Trinity-Neches 565 565 Beaumont Council Beaumont Texas 1919 1934 Beaumont Area 565 497 Beaver County Council Rochester Pennsylvania 1915 1926 Bedford Council Bedford Ohio 1917 1918 114 Belleville Area Council Belleville Illinois 1933 1936 Kaskaskia 114 114 Belleville Council Belleville Illinois 1917 1933 Belleville Area 114 603 Bellingham Council Bellingham Washington 1918 1926 Name changed Whatcom County 603 Bellville Council Bellville New Jersey 1918 1918 225 Belmont Council Belmont Massachusetts 1919 1925 Arlington 223 620 Beloit Area Council Beloit Wisconsin 1929 1936 State Line 620 620 Beloit Council Beloit Wisconsin 1920 1929 Beloit Area 620 412 Bemalillo County Council Albuquerque New Mexico 1926 1927 Rio Grand Area 412 651 Bend Council Bend Oregon 1924 1925 Central Oregon 651 490 Benlinncoln Council Corvallis Oregon 1927 1931 Lane County 493 and Cascade Area 697 258 Benton Harbor & St. Joseph Council Saint Joseph Michigan 1923 1929 Berrien-Cass Area 258 Berea Council Berea Ohio 1918 1921 350 Bergen Council Fair Lawn New Jersey 1969 1998 Merged with Essex 336, Hudson Liberty 348 and Passaic Valley 353 Northern New Jersey 23 Berkeley Council Berkeley California 1913 1932 Merged with Contra Costa 24 Berkeley Contra-Costa County 23 23 Berkeley-Contra Costa County Council Berkeley California 1932 1951 Mount Diablo 23 528 Berks County Council Reading Pennsylvania 1921 1928 Reading-Berks County 528 226 Berkshire Council Pittsfield Massachusetts 1955 1969 Merged with Hampshire Franklin 235 Great Trails 243 226 Berkshire County Council Pittsfield Massachusetts 1923 1955 Berkshire 226 Bernardsville Council Bernardsville New Jersey 1919 1921 258 Berrien County Council Saint Joseph Michigan 1919 1923 Benton Harbor and St Joseph 258 258 Berrien-Cass Area Council Saint Joseph Michigan 1929 1941 Southwestern Michigan 258 504 Berwick Council Berwick Pennsylvania 1920 1924 Columbia County and Montour County 504 498 Bethlehem Area Council Bethlehem Pennsylvania 1941 1968 Merged with Lehigh County 729 and Delaware Valley Area 510 Minsi Trails 502 498 Bethlehem Council Bethlehem Pennsylvania 1917 1941 Bethlehem Area 498 Beverly Council Beverly Massachusetts 1917 1919 217 Biddeford & Saco Council Saco Maine 1921 1924 ended/dissolved/disbanded 368 Binghamton Council Binghamton New York 1918 1920 368 Binghamton Council Binghamton New York 1922 1925 Susquenango 368 2 Birmingham Area Council Birmingham Alabama 1915 1996 Name changed Central Alabama 2 432 Bismarck Area Council Bismarck North Dakota 1927 1929 Missouri Valley 432 472 Black Beaver Area Council Lawton Oklahoma 1925 1927 Navajo Mountain Area 476 471 Black Beaver Council Lawton Oklahoma 1930 1996 Last Frontier 480 530 Black Diamond Area C