The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...
A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map.
Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after ...
Los Angeles County’s latest major wildfire burns more than 10,000 acres near Castaic Lake as new Laguna Fire forces campus to ...
The arrangement, known as a "Safe Third Country" agreement, would empower U.S. immigration officials to deport non-Salvadoran ...
Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The ...