Talk:Scouting in Massachusetts

Organization
Would Wikipedians entertain the idea of having the Councils-by-state sections recategorized to "Scouting in Arizona", "Scouting in Washington", and so on, rather than a list of every council and district? The reason I would like this considered is

1) no other country's Scouting articles are divided into such minute details (except for The Scout Association of Hong Kong, and really, is that much minutiae important or interesting to the reader?)

2) many councils that a reader may choose to look up, like the Fitchburg Area Council of Massachusetts or the Vigilante Area Council of Montana, went extinct 30+ years ago, yet may be of interest in a more state-based article

3) many states like Alaska share a communal Scout history, only fairly recently being broken into smaller councils, others like North Dakota had several merged into one, and some Scouting histories are better told encompassing an entire state. The fact that Scouts in California prior to the charter of the BSA were the youth arm of the California Highway Patrol, or the fact that Connecticut, while having only eight counties, has had 22 councils over the course of its history, would be well-included in a statewide article

Chris 00:52, 8 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Currently, we have the information pertaining to specific councils clustered in articles by state, right? What, then, is the difference between the 'Councils-by-state sections' and " 'Scouting in Arizona', 'Scouting in Washington', and so on"? Or do articles on singular councils still exist? If so, I think that this discussion should be taken to the Scouting portal. Bcaff 13:27, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


 * This was originally posted back before we did that. Chris 02:32, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Rating
With some refs and history, this'd be a B-class article. Rlevse 10:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Historical council information to be folded in
Historical council information to be folded in — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kintetsubuffalo (talk • contribs) 20:32, 18 September 2006‎


 * Massachusetts Saugus Council 1919 1921 merged into Lynn 239 1921
 * Massachusetts Andover Council 1917 1918
 * Massachusetts Northampton Council 1917 1918
 * Massachusetts Orange Council 1917 1918
 * Massachusetts Beverly Council 1917 1919
 * Massachusetts Bridgewater Council 1917 1919
 * Massachusetts Foxboro Council 1917 1919
 * Massachusetts Groton Council 1917 1919
 * Massachusetts Harvard Council 1917 1919
 * Massachusetts North Adams Council 1917 1919
 * Massachusetts Norwood Council 1917 1919
 * Massachusetts Stoughton Council 1917 1919
 * Massachusetts Williamstown Council 1917 1919
 * Massachusetts Weston Council 1919
 * Massachusetts Greenfield Council 1917 1920
 * Massachusetts Chelsea Council 1918 1920
 * Massachusetts First Middlesex Massachusetts Council 1918 1920 disbanded to 223, 241 and 246 1920
 * Massachusetts Mishawum Council 1918 1920
 * Massachusetts Amherst Council 1919 1920
 * Massachusetts Plymouth 1920
 * Massachusetts Salem Council 1919 1921
 * Massachusetts Sommerville Council 1919 1921 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts Stoneham Council 1920 1923
 * Massachusetts 252 Winchester Council 1922 1929 changed to 811 1929
 * Massachusetts 850 Massachusetts Bay Federated Council 1976 1979 disbanded to 227, 229, 235 and 240 1979
 * Massachusetts 224 Barnstable County Council 1915 1925 changed name to Cape Cod 224 1925
 * Massachusetts 224 Cape Cod Council 1925 1981 changed name to Cape Cod and Islands 224 1981
 * Massachusetts 224 Cape Cod and Islands Council 1981 1995 May 1 changed name to Cape Cod and the Islands 224 1995 May 1
 * Massachusetts 224 Cape Cod and The Islands Council 1995 May 1
 * Massachusetts 225 Annawon Council 1930
 * Massachusetts Greater Boston Council 1911 1918 changed name to Municipal Boston 227 1918 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts Revere Council 1918 1919 merged into Boston 227 1930 1919 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 227 Municipal Boston Council 1918 1921 changed name to Boston 227 1921 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 242 Medford Council 1918 1920 ended reformed in 1924 1920
 * Massachusetts 243 Melrose Council 1920 1924 merged into Malden 240 1924
 * Massachusetts 225 Belmont Council 1919 1925 merged into Arlington 223 1925
 * Massachusetts 223 Arlington Council 1922 1926 changed name to Sachem 223 1926
 * Massachusetts 230 Concord Council 1919 1926 merged into Waltham-Watertown-Concord 250 1926
 * Massachusetts 249 Bear Hill Council 1924 1926 merged into Medford 242 1926
 * Massachusetts 250 Waltham Council 1922 1926 changed name to Waltham and Watertown 250 1926
 * Massachusetts 250 Waltham and Watertown Council 1926 merged into Waltham-Watertown-Concord 250 1926
 * Massachusetts 251 Watertown Council 1923 1926 merged into Waltham 250 1926
 * Massachusetts 250 Waltham-Watertown-Concord Council 1926 1927 changed name to Waltham-Watertown-Concord-Wellesley 250 1927
 * Massachusetts 727 Chelsea Council 1926 1927 changed name to Inter-City 727 1927
 * Massachusetts 244 Dedham Council 1922 1928 merged into Boston 227 1928
 * Massachusetts 250 Waltham-Watertown-Concord-Wellesley Council 1927 1928 changed name to Minuteman 250 1928
 * Massachusetts 727 Inter-City Council1927 1928 merged into Boston 227 1928
 * Massachusetts 770 Sommerville Council 1927 1930 merged into Boston 227 1930
 * Massachusetts 811 Winchester Council 1929 1930 merged into Medford 242 1930
 * Massachusetts 242 Medford Council 1924 1932 changed name to Fellsland 242 1932
 * Massachusetts 250 Minuteman Council 1928 1932 merged into Sachem 223 1932 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 240 Malden Council 1920 1933 changed name to Quannapowitt 240 1933 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 223 Sachem Council 1926 1959 merged into Minuteman 240 1959 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 240 Quannapowitt Council 1933 1959 merged into Minuteman 240 1959 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 242 Fellsland Council 1932 1959 merged into Minuteman 240 1959 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 248 Quincy Council 1918 1966 merged into Boston 227 1966 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 227 Boston Council 1921 1980 changed name to Greater Boston 227 1980 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 227 Greater Boston Council 1980 1993 April 1 merged into Boston Minuteman 227 1993 April 1 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 240 Minuteman Council 1959 1993 April 1 merged into Boston Minuteman 227 1993 April 1 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 227 Boston Minuteman Council 1993 April 1 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 229 Cambridge Council 1919 Boston Minuteman Council
 * Massachusetts 232 Gardner Council 1921 1924 changed name to Monadnock 232 1924
 * Massachusetts 231 Fitchburg Area Council 1918 1965 merged into Nashua Valley 230 1965
 * Massachusetts 237 Wachusett Council 1921 1965 merged into Nashua Valley 230 1965
 * Massachusetts 232 Monadnock Council 1924 1993 January 1 merged into Nashua Valley 230 1993 January 1
 * Massachusetts 230 Nashua Valley Council 1965
 * Massachusetts 234 Springfield Council 1915 1923 changed name to Hampden County Council 234 1923
 * Massachusetts 236 Holyoke Area Council 1923 1949 changed name to Mount Tom 236 1949
 * Massachusetts 234 Hampden County Council 1923 1960 merged into Pioneer Valley 234 1960
 * Massachusetts 236 Mount Tom Council 1949 1960 merged into Pioneer Valley 234 1960
 * Massachusetts 234 Pioneer Valley Council 1960
 * Massachusetts 238 Lowell Area Council 1912 1926 changed name to Greater Lowell 238 1926
 * Massachusetts 338 Lowell Council 1915 1929 changed name to Greater Lowell Area 238 1929
 * Massachusetts 253 Winthrop Council 1918 1930 merged into Lynn 239 1930
 * Massachusetts 239 Lynn Council 1919 1936 changed name to Bay Shore 239 1936
 * Massachusetts 239 Bay Shore Council 1936 1966 merged into North Bay 236 1966
 * Massachusetts 701 North Shore Council 1925 1966 merged into North Bay 236 1966
 * Massachusetts 236 North Bay Council 1966 1993 January 1 merged into Yankee Clipper 236 1993 January 1
 * Massachusetts 712 North Essex Council 1925 1993 January 1 merged into Yankee Clipper 236 1993 January 1
 * Massachusetts 749 Lone Tree Council 1926 1993 January 1 merged into Yankee Clipper 236 1993 January 1
 * Massachusetts 238 Greater Lowell Council 1927 19991215 merged into Yankee Clipper 236 19991215
 * Massachusetts 236 Yankee Clipper Council1993 January 1
 * Massachusetts 226 Pittsfield Council 1915 1922 changed name to Southern Berkshire County 226 1922
 * Massachusetts 226 Southern Berkshire County Council 1922 1923 changed name to Berkshire County 226 1923
 * Massachusetts 235 Hampshire County Council 1922 1930 changed name to Hampshire-Franklin 235 1930
 * Massachusetts 226 Berkshire County Council 1923 1955 changed name to Berkshire 226 1955
 * Massachusetts 226 Berkshire Council 1955 1969 merged into Great Trails 243 1969
 * Massachusetts 235 Hampshire-Franklin Council 1930 1969 merged into Great Trails 243 1969
 * Massachusetts 243 Great Trails Council 1969
 * Massachusetts 241 Marlboro and Framingham Council 1919 1925 changed name to Algonquin 241 1925
 * Massachusetts 241 Algonquin Council 1925 1996 April 1 merged into Knox Trail 244 1996 April 1
 * Massachusetts 246 Norumbega Council 1918 1996 April 1 merged into Knox Trail 244 1996 April 1
 * Massachusetts 244 Knox Trail Council 1996 April 1
 * Massachusetts 245 New Bedford Council 1916 1924 changed name to New Bedford and Fairhaven 245 1924
 * Massachusetts 245 New Bedford and Fairhaven Council 1924 1926 changed name to New Bedford 245 1926
 * Massachusetts 245 New Bedford Council 1926 1933 changed name to New Bedford and Fairhaven Area 245 1933
 * Massachusetts 245 New Bedford and Fairhaven Area Council 1933 1935 changed name to Cachalot 245 1935
 * Massachusetts 233 Fall River Area Council 1916 1946 changed name to Massasoit 233 1946
 * Massachusetts 245 Cachalot Council 1935 1971 merged into Moby Dick 245 1971
 * Massachusetts 233 Massasoit Council 1946 1972 merged into Moby Dick 245 1972
 * Massachusetts 588 Cachalot Council 1935 1972 merged into Moby Dick 245 1972
 * Massachusetts 245 Moby Dick Council 1971
 * Massachusetts 249 Reading Council 1917 1924 changed name to Bear Hill 249 1924
 * Massachusetts 228 Brockton Council 1919 1936 changed name to Squanto 228 1936
 * Massachusetts 228 Squanto Council 1936 1969 merged into Old Colony 249 1969
 * Massachusetts 247 Old Colony Council 1914 1969 merged into Old Colony 249 1969
 * Massachusetts 249 Old Colony Council 1969
 * Massachusetts 254 Worcester Area Council 1915 1955 changed name to Mohegan 254 1955
 * Massachusetts 254 Mohegan Council 1955

There are so many council here. I have redirected many to Boston Minuteman Council, but I'm not sure I've captured them all. --evrik (talk) 17:33, 25 June 2013 (UTC)


 * This one is not on this list: Heart of New England Council (230). --evrik (talk) 14:42, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Shingebis Lodge merge

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 * support --Gadget850 ( Ed) 13:51, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * support very little historical or facilities information on this lodge, and so can easily be merged -- Horus Kol Talk 00:23, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose leave it in place so it can grow. Too many articles like this will clutter Scouting in Massachusetts. --evrik (talk) 17:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment why not create the article for the Yankee Clipper Council? --evrik (talk) 23:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * support it's virtually empty article.Rlevse 02:04, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Merged --evrik (talk) 14:47, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Nanepashemet Lodge

 * ''The following discussions are an archived debate. Please do not modify it.

Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.


 * support --Gadget850 ( Ed) 14:08, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * support very little historical or facilities information on this lodge, and so can easily be merged -- Horus Kol Talk 00:22, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose leave it in place so it can grow. Too many articles like this will clutter Scouting in Massachusetts. --evrik (talk) 17:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment why not create the article for the Yankee Clipper Council? --evrik (talk) 23:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * support it's virtually empty article.Rlevse 02:04, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Not merged --evrik (talk) 14:48, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Camp Child
Does anyone happen to know why the Old Colony Council no longer owns Camp Child? I was sorry to see that it is no longer a Scout property. I spent several summers there with my troop in the mid sixties. It's a shame it is gone - declining participation in Scouting I would guess. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.154.33.120 (talk • contribs) 4 August 2007
 * It closed in 1995. Check out the link. --evrik (talk) 16:20, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

The early history of the Boy Scouts of America in Springfield, Mass

 * - Gadget850 (Ed)  talk  -  17:18, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

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