Redwood Empire Council is the local council of the Boy Scouts of America that serves youth in youth in Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, and Sonoma counties in California.
Founded in 1921 Sonoma-Mendocino Council (#041) as the Petaluma Section (#041), in 1992 it merged with the Redwood Area Council (#044), to form the Redwood Empire Council. The Redwood Area Council was founded in 1923.
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