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

Trump, who took office for a second time Monday, said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, ...

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

Stark County GOP officials enthusiastically back President Donald Trump changing the name of North America's tallest mountain ...

“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 – ...

That was the first year the state of Alaska petitioned to use the local name Denali instead of McKinley. Lawmakers from Ohio, McKinley’s home state, pushed back. But how do the people whose ...