The Clan Campbell Society as we know it today was conceived July 8, 1972 at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. This became the "The Clan Campbell Society (USA)" the following July 7, 1973 at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games (GMHG).
"The Clan Campbell Society, United States of America" was formed at the Stone Mountain Highland Games, GA, on October 19, 1974.
In May 1977, the Society was incorporated in Colorado as "The Clan Campbell Society (United States of America)" To better serve the Society's membership, the United States was divided into nine (later ten) regions with each region to be headed by a Regional Commissioner. . In its infancy the Society membership consisted principally of Campbells who resided in the United States of America.
Expansion: For years, there had existed 'local' Clan Campbell societies in Canada, however these `local' organizations had limited contact with each other.
As time went on, the Canadian Campbells discovered the Society in the United States and quite a number joined the United States Society. As a recognition of the growing number of Canadian members in the Society, a new region was created to serve Canadian members. In 1991 a committee of Canadian Society members petitioned the Executive Council to have the Society's name changed to the "Clan Campbell Society (North America)" to recognize the fact that the Society was serving the needs of Campbells residing in both the United States of America and Canada. The Board agreed and the Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation were amended to affect the name change in September 1992. As of February 1994, the Society had grown to over 2,600 members of which over 200 members were from Canada making the CCS(NA) the largest Clan Campbell Society in Canada.