Scouting in Texas
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Template:Portalpar Scouting in Texas has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.
Early history (1910-1950)
Until 1948, some southern councils of the Boy Scouts of America were racially segregated. Colored Troops, as they were officially known, were given little support from Districts and Councils. Some Scouting executives and leaders believed that Colored Scouts and Leaders would be less able to live up to the ideals of the Boy Scouts. The National Office began a program of integrating local councils in 1940, which was largely complete in 1948.
Recent history (1950-1990)
Scouting in Texas today
The National Scout Museum has now been relocated to the National BSA Headquarters in Irving, Texas.
There are twenty Boy Scouts of America local councils in Texas.
Alamo Area Council
- Broken Arrow District
- Cherokee District
- Eagle District
- El Dorado District
- Four Rivers District
- Galaxy District
- Keystone District
- Mission Tejas District
- Phoenix District
- Sioux District
Bay Area Council
- Challenger District
- Cradle of Texas District
- Island District
- Mainland District
- Mustang District
Buffalo Trail Council
- Big Bend District
- Chaparral District
- Comanche Trails District
- Lone Buffalo District
- Lone Star District
- Sand Hills District
Caddo Area Council
- Longhorn District
Capitol Area Council
- Arrowhead District
- Comanche District
- Green Dickson District
- Pioneer District
- Tejas District
- Tomahawk District
- Twin Valley District
- Wolf Mountain District
Chisholm Trail Council
- Double Mountain District
- Frontier District
- White Buffalo District
Circle Ten Council
- Arrowhead District
- Blue Bonnet District
- Cherokee District
- Comanche District
- Gray Owl District
- Great Plains District
- Mountain Lake District
- Mustang District
- North District
- North Trail District
- Tawakoni District
- Texoma Valley District
- Tomahawk District
- West View District
- Western Star District
- White Buffalo District
- White Rock District
- Wisdom Trail District
Comanche Trail Council
- Kickapoo District
- Noreast District
Concho Valley Council
- Amangi Trail District
- Amistad District
- Permian Basin District
- Winter Garden District
East Texas Area Council
- Caddo District
- Cherokee Trace District
- Naconiche District
- Okee Tuklo District
- Tall Timbers District
- Three Rivers District
Golden Spread Council
- Golden Eagle District
- Frontier District
- Lonewolf District
- Longhorn District
- Santa Fe District
- Palo Duro District
- Venture District
Longhorn Council
- Brazos Valley District
- Chisholm Trail District
- Comanche Trails District
- Crosstimbers District
- Frontier Trails District
- Indian Nations District
- Lakeview District
- Leon Valley District
- Roadrunner District
- Santa Fe District
- Silver Star District
- Tejas District
- Three Rivers District
- Tonkawa District
- Trailblazers District
- Trinity Trails District
- Woodbine-Eagle Trails District
NeTseO Trails Council
- Central District
- Northern Star District
- White Oak District
Northwest Texas Council
- Chisholm Trail District
- Greenbelt District
Rio Grande Council
Sam Houston Area Council
- Aldine Pathfinder District
- Antares District
- Arrowmoon District
- Bayshore District
- Brahman District
- David Crockett District
- Eagle Trail District
- Flaming Arrow District
- George Strake District
- Golden Arrow District
- Mustang District
- Polaris District
- Rising Star District
- Skyline District
- Tomahawk District
- Tatanka District
- W.L. Davis District
South Plains Council
- Chaparral District
- Comanche Trail District
- George White District
- Haynes District
- Quanah Parker District
South Texas Council
The South Texas Council of Corpus Christi, Texas, was renamed from the Gulf Coast Council in 2003.
- Aztec District
- DeLeon District
- Gulf Breeze District
- Indianola District
- Mesquite District
- Phoenix District
- Tancahua District
- Venado District
- Whooping Crane District
Three Rivers Council
- Big Thicket District
- Buffalo District
- Orange District
- Spindletop District
Yucca Council
- Chamizal District
- Geronimo District
- Mescalero District
- Polaris District
- Sunshine District
- Wapaha District
- White Sands District