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 – ...

Many Alaskans say they’ll never stop calling the mountain Denali. That name respects the Indigenous people who’ve lived in ...

It could be a joke, or just as easily, another eccentric idea from the billionaire who recently joined the new Trump ...

Among the blizzard of executive orders issued by Donald Trump on his first day back in the Oval Office was one titled ...

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 ...

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

Conrad Anker, Jon Krakauer, Melissa Arnot Reid, and other prominent climbers and guides share their thoughts on the president ...