About Us

Troop 53 has served the boys of the Castleton-Schodack community for over 80 years in the Scouting program.

The troop is part of the Mahikan District of the Twin Rivers Council, Boy Scouts of America. The troop is chartered with the BSA through the Kiwanis Club of Castleton, and for the past three decades has gathered in a dedicated scout meeting room on the second floor of Castleton Village Hall. The troop is an IRS 501 (c) (3) organization.

Here is a brief history of the troop. Formed in 1924, as Castleton Troop 1, Fort Orange Council. Later designated as Troop 53, during a reorganization that took place approximately 1929.

Fort Orange Council merged with the Uncle Sam Council in 1963, to become the Fort Orange-Uncle Sam Council. At some point between 1971 and 1973, the council became known as the Gov. Clinton Council and after merging in 1989 with the Schenectady and Sir William Johnson Councils it took on a new name that continues until today, the Twin Rivers Council