The body of water formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico has now been formally renamed in the Geographic Names Information ...

Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak ... that would honor their history and culture. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names will play a role. The little known panel made ...

The board points out that names of Native American origin are found sprinkled throughout the land and there are traces of the languages spoken by early explorers. "It is in these ways and many others ...

Apple has followed Google in telling US users it's the Gulf of America when they search for "Gulf of Mexico." ...

After announcing it would be renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Google has officially changed on its Maps ...

How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not ...

Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump outlined in one of his many executive orders a mission to celebrate American greatness and to recognize those who have made contributions ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the ...

Google Maps changed the body of water's name to the Gulf of America earlier this month. It followed President Trump's ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring the federal government to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to ...

The board points out that names of Native American origin are found sprinkled throughout the land and there are traces of the languages spoken by early explorers. "It is in these ways and many others ...