Reference: lists published by National, "Area, Area Leaders, and Lodges" (5/13/1949) and "Organizational Pattern and Local Lodge Listing, 1952"

Mercer County Council, located in northwestern Pennsylvania, also included the small community of Brookfield Township right across the border in Ohio. All region and council maps that I have seen prior to the 1973 Six Regions depict the Ohio-Penna. border as a region boundary. The most significant map of this era was in 1965, and did not include Ohio. However, research and maps of Region 3 published by Neal Bronder include that small part of Ohio.

• Between 1953 and 1954, Area 3-A experienced several realignments. First, Nentico 12 and the Virginia lodges split off to became Area 3-C by 1953:
  
  
  

  Old Area 3-A
  Area 3-A (1953)		to Area 3-C
  Unami 1 Monaken 103 Minsi 5 Memeu 125 Susquehannock 11 Acahela 223 Octoraro 22 Quekolis 316 3/27/53: Winingus 30 (rc) Guneukitschik 317 Ajapeu 33 Wapsu Achtu 343 Swatara 39 Tiadaghton 384 Delmont 43 Tuckahoe 386 Pohopoco 44 Tunkhannock 476 Ah-Pace 58		Virginia lodges: Nawakwa 3 Koo Koo Ku Hoo 161 Shenandoah 258 Shenshawpotoo 276 Blue Heron 349 Powhatan 456 Kecoughtan 463 Amanquemack 470 Chanco 483 Maryland: Nentico 12

  
  Reference: lists published by National, "Organizational Pattern and Local Lodge Listing, 1953"
  
  
• After the 1953 conference, northeastern Pennsylvania became 3-D, and by 1954 central Pennsylvania became 3-E. Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Delmarva Peninsula remained as 3-A:
  
  
  

  Old Area 3-A
  Area 3-A (1954-68)		to Area 3-D		to Area 3-E
  Unami 1 Minsi 5 Octoraro 22 Ajapeu 33 Delmont 43 Nentico 12 (from 3-C 1954) 6/22/1957: Nentego 20		Winingus 30 Ah-Pace 58 Memeu 125 Acahela 223 Quekolis 316 Tunkhannock 476		Susquehannock 11 Swatara 39 Monaken 103 Guneukitschik 317 Wapsu Achtu 343 Tiadaghton 384 Tuckahoe 386

  
  Reference: Dave Scocca
  
  
  
• In 1969, Pohopoco 44 merged with two lodges in Area 3-D, Ah-Pace 58 and Tunkhannock 476, to form Witauchsoman Lodge #44 in 3-D. In 1971, Memeu 125 from 3-D merged with Minsi 5 to form Kittatinny Lodge #5.
  
  
  

  Old Area 3-A
  Area 3-A (1969-73)		to Area 3-D
  Unami 1 8/1/71: Kittatinny 5    ├ Minsi 5    └ Memeu 125 (from 3-D in 1971) Nentico 12 Nentego 20 Octoraro 22 Ajapeu 33 Delmont 43		Pohopoco 44 (to Witauchsoman 44)

  
  
  

Dave Scocca has created a very slick animated map from Youtube that shows the boundary changes for Region III.

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1973 Region 3 Lodge Listing (final 1973 conferences)

Area 3-A Unami Lodge One Philadelphia Council #525 Philadelphia PA Kittatinny Lodge #5 Hawk Mountain Council #528 Reading PA Octoraro Lodge #22 Chester County Council #539 West Chester PA Ajapeu Lodge #33 Bucks County Council #777 Doylestown PA Delmont Lodge #43 Valley Forge Council #507 Valley Forge PA Nentico Lodge #12 Baltimore Area Council #220 Baltimore MD Nentego Lodge #20 Del-Mar-Va Council #81 Wilmington DE attended both the final 3-A conference and the first SE-1 Section conclave in 1973 Area 3-B Langundowi Lodge #46 French Creek Council #532 Erie PA Ah'Tic Lodge #139 Bucktail Council #509 DuBois PA Packanke Lodge #419*** Moraine Trails Council #500 Butler PA Gyantwachia Lodge #255 Chief Cornplanter Council #538 Warren PA Nachamawat Lodge #275 Penn's Woods Council #508 Windber PA Area 3-C <did not meet 1973> Nawakwa Lodge #3 Robert E. Lee Council #602 Richmond VA Koo Koo Ku Hoo Lodge #161 & Powhatan Lodge #456 Blue Ridge Mountains Council #599 Roanoke VA Shenandoah Lodge #258 Stonewall Jackson Area Council #763 Waynesboro VA Shenshawpotoo Lodge #276 Shenandoah Area Council #598 Winchester VA Blue Heron Lodge #349 Tidewater Council #596 Virginia Beach VA Kecoughtan Lodge #463 Peninsula Council #595 Newport News VA Amangamek-Wipit Lodge #470 National Capital Area Council #82 Bethesda MD Chanco Lodge #483 Old Dominion Area Council #601 Suffolk VA met as part of Section SE-1 in 1973 Area 3-D Wyona Lodge #18 Columbia-Montour Council #504 Bloomsburg PA Winingus Lodge #30 General Sullivan Council #779 Towanda PA Witauchsoman Lodge #44 Minsi Trails Council #502 Lehigh Valley PA Gischigin Lodge #223 Penn Mountains Council #522 Wilkes-Barre PA Amad'ahi Lodge #542 Forest Lakes Council #501 Scranton PA Area 3-E Susquehannock Lodge #11 Keystone Area Council #515 Mechanicsburg PA Wunita Gokhos Lodge #39 Lancaster-Lebanon Council #524 Lancaster PA Monaken Lodge #103 Juniata Valley Council #497 Lewistown PA Wapsu Achtu Lodge #343 Susquehanna Valley Area Council #533 Sunbury PA Tiadaghton Lodge #384 West Branch Council #543 Williamsport PA Tuckahoe Lodge #386 York-Adams Area Council #544 York PA Guneukitschik Lodge #317 Mason-Dixon Council #221 Hagerstown MD attended both the final 3-E conference and the first Section SE-1 conclave in 1973 Area 3-F Wagion Lodge #6 Westmoreland-Fayette Council #512 Greensburg PA Kiasutha Lodge #57 Allegheny Trails Council #527 Pittsburgh PA Tanacharison Lodge #67 East Valley Area Council #530 Forest Hills PA Unalachtigo Lodge #168 Moraine Trails Council #500 Butler PA