United States Board on Geographic Names

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federal board government agency

The United States Board on Geographic Names is a federal body that standardizes geographic names for use by the U.S. government and maintains official place-name records.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
United States Board on Geographic Names canonical	11
U.S. Board on Geographic Names	9
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal board ⓘ government agency ⓘ
abbreviation	US BGN ⓘ
appliesTo	federal databases ⓘ federal maps ⓘ federal publications ⓘ
cooperatesWith	National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ⓘ Bureau of the Census ⓘ surface form: United States Census Bureau state geographic names authorities ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
field	cartography ⓘ toponymy ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	official names of geographic features used by the U.S. government ⓘ
hasCommittee	Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ⓘ Advisory Committee on Undersea Features ⓘ Domestic Names Committee ⓘ Foreign Names Committee ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
inception	1890 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Executive Order of the President of the United States ⓘ surface form: Executive Order of President Benjamin Harrison Public Law 80-242 ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
maintainsDatabase	Geographic Names Information System ⓘ
mandate	maintain official geographic names database ⓘ standardize geographic names for use by the U.S. government ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Department of the Interior ⓘ United States Geological Survey ⓘ
publishes	decisions on official place names ⓘ principles, policies, and procedures for geographic names ⓘ
records	variant names of geographic features ⓘ
reestablished	1947 ⓘ
responsibleFor	resolving conflicts in geographic name usage ⓘ standard spellings of geographic names ⓘ
scope	Antarctic geographic names ⓘ domestic geographic names ⓘ foreign geographic names ⓘ undersea feature names ⓘ
sector	geospatial information ⓘ
shortName	BGN ⓘ
standardName	United States Board on Geographic Names self-link ⓘ
supervisingAgency	United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
website	https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Domestic Names Committee → partOf → United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ

Domestic Names Committee → parentOrganization → United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ

Domestic Names Committee → subdivisionOf → United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ

Domestic Names Committee → reportsTo → United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ

Public Law 80-242 → definesAuthorityOf → United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ

Public Law 80-242 → establishes → United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ

Principles, Policies, and Procedures for Domestic Geographic Names → issuedBy → United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ

Principles, Policies, and Procedures for Domestic Geographic Names → publisher → United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ

BGN → fullName → United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ

BGN → alsoKnownAs → United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ