History
In the 1920s, both Westchester and Putnam counties were served by many individual councils that were based in the cities of the area. Among them were the Bronx Valley Council which served the Mount Vernon area, the Siwanoy Council which served the New Rochelle area, and a separate Yonkers Council which served that city. In 1958, the Bronx Valley Council joined with the Siwanoy Council, forming the Bronx Valley-Siwanoy Council. The name was later changed to Hutchinson River Council in 1962.
In northern Westchester, the Hendrick Hudson Council, which served the Ossining area, and the James Fennimore Cooper Council, which served the White Plains-Bedford-Brewster area, merged to form the Washington Irving Council in 1950. The Yonkers Council was later absorbed in 1955. In 1973, the Washington Irving Council merged with Hutchinson River Council to form the present-day Westchester-Putnam Council, originally headquartered in White Plains. In 1993, the council headquarters were relocated to the current location in Hawthorne, NY.
The Westchester-Putnam Council is currently split up into four Districts: Muscoot, Manitoga, Mohican, and Algonquin. At one time, there was a Wiccopee District serving Phillipstown, Putnam Valley, Peekskill, Cortlandt and Yorktown in the Westchester-Putnam area, but these locations are now served by the Manitoga District.
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