...and though the Alaska Board of Geographic Names later changed it back to Denali...petition to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names was blocked by the Ohio congressional...clear, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names tends to be very conservative...

...Alaska Historical Commission to advise the governor on history, prehistory, historic sites and buildings and on geographic names. He was first appointed by former Gov. Frank Murkowski in 2004, then reappointed by former Gov. Sarah Palin in...

...Pribilof Island Association and the Aleut Corp. have submitted their name-change proposal to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, which sent it to the Alaska Historical Commission for review and comment, said Alaska state historian Jo Antonson...

...change still must be approved by the U.S. Board of Geographic Names. ''It may not seem like a real big thing to people...14 meeting. If approved by the U.S. Board of Geographic Names Mount St. Florian could appear on area maps within...

...whose legend continues to swirl nearly a decade after her death. In a split vote in October, the U.S. Board of Geographic Names approved the name change, memorializing the woman who helped found the float trip outfitting industry on the Colorado...

...Geological Survey Professional Paper 567, lists modern geographic names officially recognized for use on federal maps, but also lists previous official and unofficial geographic names. Of the names that did not adhere to Mt. Augustine...