Pennsylvania Code
Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part I - Joint Committee on Documents
Chapter 13 - PREPARATION AND TRANSMITTAL OF DOCUMENTS GENERALLY
STYLE
Section 13.32 - Geographic names

Universal Citation: 1 PA Code ยง 13.32

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Section 519 of The Administrative Code (71 P. S. § 199) provides that a department, board or commission shall, in preparing or publishing maps, reports or other documents showing or referring to a mountain, river, creek or other topographic feature within this Commonwealth, designate the feature by the name as has been adopted therefor by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

(b) The spelling and usage of topographic features without this Commonwealth shall conform to the most recent official decisions of the United States Board on Geographic Names established under section 2 of the Cordon Geographic Names Standardization Act (43 U.S.C. 364a).

Disclaimer: These regulations may not be the most recent version. Pennsylvania may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.