Central New Jersey Council #52
Chartered 1 January 1999

Central New Jersey Council, created January 1, 1999 with the merger of the George Washington Council and Thomas A. Edison Council, acquired Yards Creek Scout Reservation from George Washington Council and Kittatinny Mountain Scout Reservation from Thomas A. Edison Council. Kittatinny Mountain Scout Reservation offered summer camp and facilities for four-season camping. Yards Creek Scout Reservation, available for short-term, limited camping, was a good base camp for units hiking the Appalachian Trail or canoeing the Delaware River.

Early in 1999 the new council sold the Edison office of the former Thomas A. Edison Council and temporarily consolidated its activities at the Pennington office of the former George Washington Council while its new facilities were being renovated. The new facilities, located at 4315 US Highway 1, Monmouth Junction, were purchased from the Princeton Alliance Church. On June 12, 1999, council moved all its activities to the new offices and gave up its lease on the Pennington office.

Central New Jersey Council began with six districts; three districts from each of the two former councils. The three districts from the George Washington Council, Hunterdon Arrowhead District, Jenny Jump District, and Mercer Area District, were transferred essentially unchanged. The districts from the Thomas A. Edison Council were re-arranged to create Middlesex District, Rariatan District, and Semeos District.


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Rev: Oct 21, 2000