Capitalize pole, island, isthmus, cape, ocean, bay, river, and in general all such geographical terms when used in specific names, as North Pole, South Sea Islands, Cape Hatteras, Hudson Bay, Pacific Ocean, Mississippi River, Isthmus of Panama.
Capitalize county when used in a specific name, as Wayne County.
Capitalize the East, the West, the Middle West, the Orient and other terms used for definite regions; but do not capitalize east, west, etc., when used merely to designate direction or point of compass, as "west of here." Do not capitalize westerner, southerner, western states and other such derivatives.
Capitalize sections of a state, as Upper Peninsula, Western Michigan, etc., but not the northern part of Michigan, etc.
Capitalize, when used with a distinguishing name, ward, precinct, square, garden, park, etc., as First Ward, Eighth Precinct, Cadillac Square, Madison Square Garden, Palmer Park.
Capitalize Jr. and Sr. after a name.
Capitalize room, etc., when followed by a number or letter, as Room 18, Dime Bank Building; Parlor C, Normandie Hotel.
Capitalize distinctive names of localities in cities, as North End, Nob Hill, Back Bay, Happy Hollow.
Capitalize the names of holidays and days observed as holidays by churches, as Fourth of July, Dominion Day, Good Friday, Yom Kippur, Columbus Day, Washington's Birthday.
Capitalize the names of notable events and things, as the Declaration of Independence, the War of 1812, the Revolution, the Reformation, the Civil War, the Battle of the Marne.