Stanford Area Council was originally included as District 6 in Santa Clara County Council when it was formed in 1922. The local troops began feeling the pinch of constrained budgets from the Santa Clara County Council, despite the fact that the district represented over one third of the entire registered Scouts in the council. Councils of a similar size typically had three paid professionals, but Palo Alto District only had one, and even this was taken away in 1938. To ensure a better Scouting program would reach more boys, the Stanford Area Council was chartered in January 26, 1940 to serve the communities of Palo Alto, Stanford, Mountain View, and Los Altos, with John H. Leecing as the first Scout Executive. In 1994, Stanford Area and San Mateo County Councils determined to pre-emptively merge to prevent less favorable outcomes and form the Pacific Skyline Council 31.