The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

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 – ...

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

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

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