A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map.

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

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

Columnist Mark Patinkin ponders new names for Rhode Island and it's cities and towns as the Gulf of Mexico gets renamed.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum joked that if Trump went ahead with the renaming, her country would rename North America ...

The remains found in the Chihuahua state included some bodies, some complete skeletons and other partial remains, as well as ...

America's Department of the Interior has said that the controversial name change is to 'honor the legacy of American ...

The Department of the Interior says they're moving quickly to implement President Donald Trump's executive order to rename ...

US President Donald Trump ordered the name changes as part of a flurry of executive actions hours after taking office on Monday, making good on a campaign promise ...

After Trump signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico, Crenshaw tagged the Apple CEO to call attention to the ...

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