Gulf of Mexico, America and MapQuest

Don't like the Gulf of America? MapQuest is allowing users to rename it
MapQuest appears to be poking fun at President Trump's recent rebranding of the Gulf of Mexico. Here's a look at the new names people have given it.
'Gulf of Fragile Masculinity.' MapQuest allows users to rename the Gulf of America. Here's how
MapQuest appears to be poking fun at President Trump's recent rebranding of the Gulf of America. Some social media users are giving it their own spin.
National Weather Service changes maps to read Gulf of America instead of Gulf of Mexico
The name change to Gulf of America is the first since the 1540s where various maps referred to it as the Mexican Gulf, Golpho de la Nueva España, and, finally Gulf of Mexico.
Google Maps now shows Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America for app users in the U.S.
The Gulf of Mexico is now called the Gulf of America for Google Maps users in the United States, keeping with the terms of President Trump's controversial executive order to rename the body of water.
MapQuest is letting you name the Gulf of Mexico whatever you want
Well, MapQuest is not only still around, but we've actually got a reason to use it in 2025. Sort of. If you go to a special Gulf of Mexico-themed part of MapQuest, you can type in anything you want, and it'll generate a map that renames the Gulf of Mexico after whatever you typed in.
MapQuest takes dig at Donald Trump by allowing users to rename Gulf of Mexico
While Google has updated its map feature to read "Gulf of America," MapQuest won't be doing the same, allowing users to rename it themselves.
Gov. Abbott recognizes the ‘Gulf of America.’ Many Texas websites still say ‘Gulf of Mexico’
Rep. Briscoe Cain, R- Deer Park, argued that “For too long, we have referred to the body of water bordering our great state ...
Mexico threatens to sue Google over name change of Gulf of Mexico on US maps
Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America ...
Mexico awaits new response from Google on dispute over Gulf of Mexico name before filing lawsuit
Mexico says it’s awaiting a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf of ...
Who Controls the Gulf of Mexico?
The Trump administration has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, but most of the body of water lies outside ...
‘Gulf of Mexico.’ Recalculating … recalculating
Readers defend the Associated Press over its decision not to recognize President Trump's change of the waterway to "Gulf of America." As one put it: "Trump just wants to rewrite history in his own ...
Dipping a toe into the Gulf of America
The Associated Press is revealingly inconsistent in its application of the principle that it should use widely accepted terms ...
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AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over ‘Gulf of Mexico’ terminology dispute
By DAVID BAUDER, The Associated Press The White House barred a credentialed Associated Press reporter and photographer from ...
Before ‘Gulf of America,’ there was Boston’s own ‘Curley Common’
As part of a new map, in 1979 a reader "proposed to the Globe that the soil removed from the Alewife extension of the T be ...