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 ...

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 – ...

And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

Recently, GOP candidate for Ohio governor Vivek Ramaswamy pitched a new name for one of the Great Lakes to Lake Ohio, similar to President Donald Trump's proposal to recognize the Gulf of Mexico ...

Chris Kobos and Dennis Ross explain how geographic information systems can determine whether emergency response facilities ...

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

Louisiana is one of the first states to formally update social studies standards to reflect the renaming of the Gulf of ...

According to LDOE, the Freedom Framework for social studies standards references the Gulf in two areas -- fourth and fifth grade. These changes will be enacted in the 2025-2026 school year and schools ...

Other organizations such as the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, National Weather Service (NWS), National Hurricane Center (NHC) and U.S. Geographic Names Information System have ...

The Geographic Names Information System, which is part of the United States Geological Survey, supplies the designated names used in Google Maps. The gulf name will appear differently for people ...

Since the order, federal agencies such as the National Weather Service (NWS), National Hurricane Center (NHC), and U.S. Geographic Names Information System have adopted the new name for hurricane ...