geography

People with an interest in geography or Pacific Northwest history are coming up with replacement names for dozens of places around the region that currently have a name considered derogatory. The U.S. Secretary of the Interior launched the search for new names by ordering a specific racial slur stricken off the map nationwide as expeditiously as possible.

An inventory by public radio of Northwest geography found more than 200 places with names some people might consider ethnically or racially offensive. For…