Names Organizations

Council of Geographic Names Authorities

• COGNA

Individual States in the United States 

(to contact a state names authority please use the COGNA website for information)

• Alaska Historical Commission
• Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names
• California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names
• Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board
• Connecticut Geographic Names Authority
• Georgia Archives: Geographic Names
• Hawaii Board on Geographic Names
• Indiana Board of Geographic Names
• Kentucky Geographic Names Committee
• Minnesota: Naming Geographic Features
• Missouri Board on Geographic Names
• Montana Geographic Names Advisor
• Nevada State Board on Geographic Names
• New Mexico Geographic Names Committee
• New York State Committee on Geographic Names
• North Carolina Board on Geographic Names
• Oklahoma Board on Geographic Names
• Oregon Geographic Names Board
• South Dakota Board on Geographic Names
• Tennessee Committee on Geographic Names
• Texas Geographic Names Committee
• Utah Geographic Names Committee
• Vermont Geographic Names Authority - State Board of Libraries
• Virginia Board on Geographic Names
• Washington Committee on Geographic Names
• Wisconsin Geographic Names Council
• Wyoming Board of Geographic Names

Antarctica

• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) - Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Australia - Antarctic Names and Gazetteer
• Bulgaria - Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer
• New Zealand - Find Antarctic Names
• United Kingdom - Antarctic Place-Names Committee