While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.

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

President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert ...

In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump used an executive order on Monday to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali ...

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

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 – ...

President Trump said he will sign executive orders to change the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and Mount Denali to Mount ...

Trump also renamed Denali, North America’s tallest peak, as Mount McKinley, despite objections from Alaska’s senators.

A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map.

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of ...

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba.