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The Occoneechee Council (421) of the Boy Scouts of America serves some 20,000 youths and 7,000 adults in central North Carolina, USA. The Occoneechee Council is the largest Boy Scout council in North Carolina and serves Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Orange, Vance, Wake and Warren counties. These twelve counties are divided into thirteen districts. ==Organization== The Council headquarters is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the Highwoods Office Complex. Occoneechee Council operates three year-round camping properties, available for use by the units and districts of the Council and non-Scouting groups. The Occoneechee Scout Reservation, which includes Camp Durant and Camp Reeves, is a wilderness property in Moore County. Camp Campbell, a primitive camping facility, is located on Kerr Lake in Virginia. The Council derives its name from the Occaneechi Indian tribe, a band of the Saponi Nation, which lived throughout the North Carolina Piedmont and still maintains a community in Hillsbourough, a town served by the Occoneechee Council. The twelve counties that comprise the Occoneechee Council are divided into ten districts as of 2014. Each district is led by a volunteer District Chairman, a volunteer District Commissioner and a professional District Executive, employed by the Occoneechee Council. The districts of the Occoneechee Council are organized as follows: *Awahili District: Franklin County, Granville County, Vance County, Warren County *Black River District: Garner, Holly Springs and Fuquay-Varina in Wake County *Crosswinds District: Northern Cary, Apex and Morrisville in Wake County *Highlander District: Fort Bragg in Cumberland County *Impeesa District: Central, North, and West Raleigh in Wake County *LaFayette District: Cumberland County, Lee County *Mawat District: Durham County *Dogwood District: Moore County *Neuse River District: North and East Raleigh, Knightdale, Wendell, and Wake Forest in Wake County *Shakori District: Orange County 〔http://www.ocscouts.org/category/about-us/districts/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Occoneechee Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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