Council Service Territories


Council Service Territories are the administrative regions of Scouting America. Previously, the term “region” was used until June 2021, when the organization moved to “National Service Territories”. The transition from four regions to sixteen National Service Territories was made as an effort to reduce staff plus save costs. At the territory level, there is minimal staff and no board or committee structure.
In 2024, NSTs were renamed to Council Service Territories and several CST boundaries were updated. Additionally, two territories were merged into adjacent ones, resulting in a total of 14 Council Service Territories.

Background

Until 2021, operations of Scouting America were divided into four regions for administrative purposes - Central, Southern, Western, and Northeast. Each region was then subdivided into areas. Each region had a volunteer president, assisted by volunteer officers and board members, and the day-to-day work of Scouting was managed by the regional director, assistant and associate regional directors, and area directors. Regions and areas were subdivisions of the National Council and did not have a corporate status separate from Scouting America.

NST

NST 9
17 councils		NST 10
14 councils		NST 11
15 councils		NST 12
15 councils		NST 13
16 councils		NST 14
20 councils		NST 15
20 councils		NST 16
15 councils
Great Trail Twin Rivers Katahdin Area Baltimore Area Columbia-Montour Northeast Georgia Central North Carolina Alabama-Florida
Hoosier Trails Iroquois Trail Transatlantic National Capital Area Patriots' Path Atlanta Area Daniel Boone Southwest Florida
Buckeye Baden-Powell Housatonic Moraine Trails Washington Crossing Greater Alabama Georgia-Carolina Pine Burr Area
Dan Beard Greater Niagara Frontier Connecticut Rivers Buckskin Chester County Cherokee Area Coastal Carolina Andrew Jackson
Lake Erie Allegheny Highlands Greenwich Del-Mar-Va Pennsylvania Dutch Chattahoochee Mecklenburg County North Florida
Simon Kenton Five Rivers Heart of New England Bucktail Minsi Trails Pushmataha Area Indian Waters Choctaw Area
Miami Valley Rip Van Winkle Daniel Webster French Creek New Birth of Freedom Flint River Pee Dee Area South Florida
Buffalo Trace Theodore Roosevelt Mayflower Mountaineer Area Northeastern PA West Tennessee Area Piedmont Mobile Area
Black Swamp Area Suffolk County Connecticut Yankee Westmoreland-Fayette Monmouth Sequoyah Tuscarora Central Florida
Anthony Wayne Area Greater New York Pine Tree Mason-Dixon Northern New Jersey Great Smoky Mountain Old North State Gulf Stream
Crossroads of America Seneca Waterways Narragansett Laurel Highlands Cradle of Liberty Blue Grass Blue Ridge Gulf Coast
Sagamore Greater Hudson Valley Green Mountain Chief Cornplanter Hawk Mountain Lincoln Heritage East Carolina Puerto Rico
Michigan Crossroads Longhouse Western Massachusetts Virginia Headwaters Juniata Valley Central Georgia Colonial Virginia Suwannee River Area
La Salle Leatherstocking Spirit of Adventure Ohio [River Valley Council|Ohio River Valley] Jersey Shore Chickasaw Occoneechee Greater Tampa Bay Area
Tecumseh Cape Cod and Islands Shenandoah Area Garden State Tukabatchee Area Heart of Virginia South Georgia
Erie Shores Susquehanna Middle Tennessee Blue Ridge Mountains
Muskingum Valley Northwest Georgia Palmetto
Coastal Georgia Tidewater
Yocona Area Cape Fear
Black Warrior Old Hickory

Previous region-based system

Until 2021, the Boy Scouts of America was divided into four regions for administrative purposes — Central, Southern, Western, and Northeast. Each region was then subdivided into areas. Each region had a volunteer president, assisted by volunteer officers and board members, and the day-to-day work of Scouting was managed by the regional director, assistant and associate regional directors, and area directors. Regions and areas were subdivisions of the National Council and did not have a corporate status separate from the BSA.
Regions were replaced by National Service Territories in June 2021 which were later later renamed to Council Service Territories.