Part of a legal description of a boundary line of Dixie County, for instance, says it goes "southerly down the thread of the main stream of said Suwannee River to the Gulf of Mexico; thence along said Gulf of Mexico, including the waters of said gulf within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, to the mouth of the Steinhatchee River."

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida referred to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in a state executive order on Monday, even before President Trump had taken any presidential action to rename the body of water.

An area of ‘low pressure moving across the Gulf of America … will bring widespread impactful winter weather,” the order states.

President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will everyone call it that?

Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” has stirred controversy and captured attention online. The idea has been met with both support and backlash, raising questions about national