King and many others who live in the mountain’s shadow say most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska ...

Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The ...

“Denali respects the Indigenous people that have ... administration resolves a decades-long dispute between Alaska and Ohio. Aug. 30, 2015 At the time, there was no recognition of the name ...

A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map.

After statehood, people in Alaska worked to get the name changed to Denali, but ran into a major barrier: Ohio — the home of former President McKinley. In 1975, the state moved to change the ...

Alaskans say they will never stop calling the peak Denali despite President Trump's executive order that the name revert to ...

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 – ...

22, 2014. (Bob Hallinen / ADN) After statehood, people in Alaska worked to get the name changed to Denali, but ran into a major barrier: Ohio — the home of former President McKinley. In 1975 ...

“Denali respects the Indigenous people that have ... has the authority to change federal geographical names within the country. In Ohio, Trump’s move drew praise. “I was really excited ...

The vote came a week after Trump, on his first day in office, signed an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley.