Manual of Style Governing Composition and Proof Reading in the Government Printing Office

by United States. Government Printing Office

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[GEOGRAPHIC NAMES.]

1. In the spelling of geographic names give preference as follows: Decisions of the United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Postal Guide, Lippincott’s Gazetteer, and Rand, McNally & Co.’s Atlas, in the order named.

2. The following are the general rules governing the decisions of the Board on Geographic Names:

The possessive apostrophe is dropped.