Central New Jersey Council was created January 1, 1999 with the merger of the George Washington Council and Thomas A. Edison Council. The new council acquired Yards Creek Scout Reservation from George Washington Council and Kittatinny Mountain Scout Reservation from Thomas A. Edison Council. Kittatinny Mountain Scout Reservation offerred summer camp and facilities for four-season camping. Yards Creek Scout Reservaton, available for short-term, limited camping, was a good base camp for units hiking the Appalachian Trail or canoeing the Delaware River.

Early in 1999 the new council sold the Edison office of the former Thomas A. Edison Council and temporarily consolidated its activities at the Pennington office of the former George Washington Council while its new facilities were being renovated. The new facilities, located at 4315 US Highway 1, Monmouth Junction, were leased from the NJ Turnpike Authority. On June 12, 1999, council moved all its activities to the new offices and gave up its lease on the Pennington office.