The Board That Decides Every Place Name in the U.S.

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Video written by Amy Muller

[Masahane]

Why not simply get Amy to become the Secretary of the Interior? The answer is right there

[JoelReid]

Many years ago I used google edit to alter the name on a park across the road from my house after my wife's online avatar name. Since the park did not have a name on google maps, then it was never altered, and remains that on google maps. The park does actually have name in the official records in a basement at city hall, but no one calls it that, nor is there a sign at that park to indicate such.
Guess what... Apple maps added it themselves, naming it the same as what i called it on google maps. Which means it is becoming normative.

I am simply biding time for another ten years (it has already been ten years) till I ask the local council to place a sign there, and that will be a 20 year planned valentines day which will defeat any other valentines day.

If you want something named the way you want it... aim for the long game. Plus you know, love.

[Space_Doge.]

2:56 the coordinate’s point to a mountain called “Wendover”

[theprimeyeeter]

Did Amy became a member of the United States Board on Geographic Names for the sole reason of making this video? I respect the dedication to her job! 🔥🔥🔥

[KevinPassino]

Funny you released this video today today because they just approved a name change of the highest point in Tennessee from Clingmans Dome (not surprisingly named after a Confederate Army general) to the Cherokee name of Kuwohi. It took several years, but basically everyone involved supported it, including basically all of the surrounding counties in both TN and NC.

[lucasriddle]

6:50 sounds so sadly serious, especially if it's coming from someone dead. which it isn't. yet.

[alifridwan]

Mount Sam is a real mountain, apparently. But it is in Canada. Change your passport now

[Nalehw]

Is HAI getting more and more custom animated? I like it!

[TransCario]

Mount Sam Helens will be the greatest tourist destination within the area of the mountain

[tomesilva]

3:57 that's in Madeira Island, Portugal

[brantleyrider]

Fun fact! Two weeks before this video released, I submitted a name request to name an unnamed stream near my property!

[BS-vxdg]

Thanks, Sam, now 2.71M viewers will forever more think that the Bering Sea is _south_ of the Aleutians instead of north of them.

[Ms.Cookie]

Obscure US bureaucracy that is necessary for import modern technology to work, my beloved

[Desturel]

The reason stated for not allowing Vampire Lake is actually logical. if it's a small remote area, Having a bunch of tourist suddenly showing up could cause more harm than good.

[Lukusprime]

I live in rural NC and some Floridians (rich older people from other states, mostly NY and FL, buy up tons of land in the Smokies and move here for some reason, then proceed to complain about literally everything and try to change us culturally into where they moved away from. They also drive up land prices, encourage Real Estate companies to buy tons of land and build massive gated communities, it makes my blood boil but I digress) started a campaign to name the mountain they lived on “Gator Mountain”. And thankfully one of my dad’s friends who works in a local Gov’t office went through a ton of old files, newspapers, documents, etc. to find a name for the mountain that had been used enough times to set the precedent, and he submitted it and it got approved! I forgot the actual (now official!) name, but the most important part for me is that it’ll never be called “Gator Mountain”

[Nicox]

Quite hilariously, would love a follow up with the gulf of mexico

[dongiovanni]

This video aged well. Aparently, President Musk can wip out his pen and have his pet Donald rename things at will.

[randyreese]

The longest name for a lake in the US is in Massachusetts and is called Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, which means “English knifemen and Nipmuck Indians at the boundary or neutral fishing place”

[prettypic]

The cosplay at the naming convention is next level

[jacobkingamongmen]

You can visit Sam's knob off of exit 420 on the blue ridge parkway. I can say from experience that the view is beautiful from the top of Sam's knob