Local councils of Scouting America
The Ideal Scout, a statue byR. Tait McKenzie in front of the Bruce S. Marks Scout Resource Center, the former headquarters of theCradle of Liberty Council inPhiladelphia
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The program ofScouting America is administered through 236local councils, with each council covering a geographic area that may vary from a single city to an entire state. Each council receives an annual charter from the National Council and is usually incorporated as a charitable organization.^[1] Most councils are administratively divided into districts that directly serve Scout units.

Councils previously fell into one of four regions:Western,Central,Southern, andNortheast.^[1] Each region was then subdivided into areas. The total number of councils depends on how they are counted:

• There are 236 individual local councils.
• Direct Service covers units outside of local councils. Although technically not a council, it is assigned a council number.
• Greater New York Councils has five boroughs, each with an assigned council number.
• Each of the four regions has an assigned council number.

• Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982).An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.

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