Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clear County, Colo., had three roads using the word 'sq—' until May 2024, when officials renamed them. Tom Hellauer/Denver Gazette ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. INTERVIEWER: Lots of place names in Minnesota come from Indigenous heritage. The name Minnesota itself, as you might know, comes from the Dakota word for ...

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness” instructing the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN), a federal body ...

Geography has been part of President Trump’s agenda. His first day on the job, he signed an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and Denali, the highest peak ...

FILE - A boat is seen on the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska, on Sunday, June 13, 2021, with Denali in the background. Denali, the tallest mountain on the North American continent, is located ...

A look at how Austin's earliest street names reflect its history, growth and identity from 1939 to today.

A portion of a new map showing Ojibwe place names and meanings on the eastern end of Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota. The final map is a collaboration of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, the Ely ...