Springdale’s geographic information system department, equipment assigns street names, addresses in city December 20, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. by Laurinda Joenks ...

The Geographic Names Information System database changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America earlier this week. It came after President Donald Trump's executive order on his ...

While the Navy began phasing out its numbered system in the late 1980s, ending it completely by 1999 with only the Naval ...

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names will play a role. The little known panel made up of officials from several federal agencies has been in existence since 1890.

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

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names will play a role in Trump's campaign to rename Denali and other geographical landmarks around the country.

Read the full story. The Interior Department on Friday took steps to update the peak’s name in the federal Geographic Names Information System.