A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map.

Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The ...

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President Donald Trump has officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, as well as changed the ...

The Trump administration has officially implemented name changes for Alaska's Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico, as ...

The Department of the Interior says they're moving quickly to implement President Donald Trump's executive order to rename ...

US President Donald Trump ordered the name changes as part of a flurry of executive actions hours after taking office on Monday, making good on a campaign promise ...

The department said the U.S. Board on Geographic Names is working to update the “official federal nomenclature in the Geographic Names Information System” to reflect Trump’s executive order. The ...

The US Department of the Interior has announced the restoration of names honoring the legacy of American greatness. The ...

While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.

The department said the U.S. Board on Geographic Names is working to update the “official federal nomenclature in the ...

The Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America, and North America’s highest peak will again bear the name Mount McKinley.