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 – ...

Vivek Ramaswamy wants to rename Lake Erie as Lake Ohio if he becomes governor in 2026. But can he do that? Let's look at the ...

Landry's order directs state agencies, boards and officers to make the change to all published materials moving forward.

On March 11, 2025, the United States Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a ...

Earlier this month, Google Maps replaced the Gulf of Mexico with the Gulf of ... Maps will reflect any updates to the Geographic Names Information System, a database of more than 1 million ...

“Gulf of Mexico? I think you mean Gulf of America ... 30 days to make the change formal and update the Geographic Names Information System, the database of millions of official names for ...

Trump's decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico has been met with mixed results. While some U.S. citizens who live in places like Florida have gladly welcomed the name change, others appear irked.

The Geographic Names Information System, which is part of the United ... The navigation company has retained the Gulf of Mexico name, it joked, not as a political statement but because the ...

The Texas General Land Office website referencing the Gulf of Mexico. Screenshot taken ... their responsibility to follow the Geographic Names Information System, which lists the official names ...

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Restoring Names ... geographic name usage throughout the government, to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf ...

The name change has since been added to the Geographic Names Information System, which is the U.S ... companies to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in the U.S. It ...