I had the same thought...Here is the ohio list of troops from the web....THERE IS NO TROOP 617 in Ohio

Ohio
Boy Scout Troops
on the
World Wide Web

TROOPS 400 to 9999

All of the links on this page were last tested and found to be active on 07/10/2003, or marked otherwise.

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Ohio Troops 1 to 99 - 100 to 199 - 200 to 399

Troop 400, Wadsworth (inactive link)
Troop 401, Steubenville
Troop 402, Coshocton
Troop 405, Coshocton (inactive link)
Troop 405, Rittman (inactive link)
Troop 406, Mt. Carmel
Troop 414, Wellington
Troop 415, Milford (inactive link)
Troop 424, South Euclid/Lyndhurst
Troop 428, Powell
Troop 445, Cincinnati
Troop 452, Cincinnati
Troop 456, Seville
Troop 461, Highland Heights
Troop 466, Vandalia
Troop 476, Cincinnati
Troop 483, Cincinnati
Troop 484, Tarlton
Troop 501, Ashland
Troop 502, Westerville
Troop 511, Cincinnati
Troop 513, Brunswick
Troop 516, Centerville
Troop 519, Brunswick
Troop 520, Cambridge (inactive link)
Troop 526, North Royalton
Troop 530, Centerville
Troop 536, Senecaville (inactive link)
Troop 542, Byesville
Troop 548, Cambridge
Troop 551, Perrysville (inactive link)
Troop 553, Hilliard
Troop 555, Columbus
Troop 555, Madeira
Troop 559, Atwater/Randolph
Troop 560, Westerville
Troop 561, Pleasantville (inactive link)
Troop 562, Willoughby Hills
Troop 575, Lancaster
Troop 586, Ashland
Troop 586, Tipp City
Troop 588, Columbus
Troop 591, Cincinnati Troop 613, Columbus
Troop 621, Loveland
Troop 622, Columbus
Troop 633, Reading
Troop 641, Cincinnati
Troop 662, Shaker Heights
Troop 664, North Olmsted
Troop 674, Montgomery (inactive link)
Troop 700, Westerville
Troop 701, Strongsville
Troop 734, Columbus (inactive link)
Troop 741, Owensville
Troop 759, Barberton (inactive link)
Troop 763, Sabina