Tims River
Tims River, formerly Negro Run, is a 1.8 mile long tributary of the Robinson River within the Shenandoah National Park[1] in Virginia.
History of racist place names
Negro Run was one of "at least 1,441 federally recognized places across the nation include
Name change process
In November 2015, a local hiker sent a letter to the Deputy Director of the
The competing proposed names, "Freedom Run" by the National Park Service and "Dyer Run" by the Madison County Historical Society, were mutually withdrawn[8] and replaced by the proposal to rename Negro Run "Tims River" at the 789th meeting of the Board of Geographic Names Domestic Names Committee on December 8, 2016. The proposed name and case summary was included in Review List 426[9] released December 30, 2016 and subsequently approved by the Board of Geographic Names on February 9, 2017.
References
- ^ "Shenandoah National Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ "Racial slurs are woven deep into the American landscape". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ "Geographic Board Approved Name Card for Nigger Run". 1933.
- ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ "History of Segregation in Shenandoah National Park". www.nps.gov.
- ^ "U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ Eagle, GRACIE HART BROOKS Madison County. "Movement afoot to rename Negro Run in Madison". The Daily Progress. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ "Board of Geographic Names Domestic Names Committee Meeting Minutes". December 8, 2016.
- ^ "Board of Geographic Names Review List 426". December 30, 2016.
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