President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will ...

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

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.

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The news broke shortly before he was sworn in Monday morning, and Trump confirmed it during his inaugural address. The order ...

It is possible... President Donald Trump's executive orders propose bold changes to some of America's iconic landmarks.

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DoI) on Friday said that the Gulf of Mexico is now to be known as the “Gulf of America” ...

The Gulf of Mexico has been so named at least since the ... Many in Alaska supported use of the long-time local name. Ohio, where William McKinley, the country's 25th president, was from, had ...

But the move faced opposition from Ohio lawmakers as they pushed to preserve ... water has been internationally recognized as the Gulf of Mexico, and adding that North America was historically ...