Standardization of place names is the watchword for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, so be careful what you call a place.(Originated from Editors: The following states do NOT have state naming authorities)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: October 27, 1997 | Copyright information

Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Tennessee and West Virginia.

By David Goldstein

Knight-Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON _ A little-known collection of faceless bureaucrats here is quietly changing the face of the nation.

Like adding the letter `c' to the official name of Ocklawaha, Fla.

Or renaming High Mountain in New Jersey as Pyramid Mountain.

Ordinary Americans might fret about this fresh evidence of Washington's long reach into their lives. But they should relax.

``The federal government doesn't really care what ...

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