Editing Oregon Geographic Names

{{Short description|Work by Lewis A. McArthur}}
{{Infobox book
| name             = Oregon Geographic Names
| image            = Oregon Geographic Names (7th Edition).jpg
| caption          = Cover of 7th edition
| author           = [[Lewis A. McArthur]] and Lewis L. McArthur (editors)
| illustrator      = 
| cover_artist     = 
| country          = 
| subject          = [[Oregon]] place names
| publisher        = [[Oregon Historical Society]] 
| pub_date         = 1928 (1st edition); 2003 (7th edition)
| pages            = 1073 pp. (7th edition)
| isbn             = 978-0-87595-278-9
| isbn_note        = 
| oclc             = 636774573
| dewey            = 979.5/003
| congress         = F874.M16 2003
| notes            = {{LCCN|2003020467}}
}}
'''''Oregon Geographic Names''''' is a compilation of the origin and meaning of [[toponym|place names]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Oregon]], published by the [[Oregon Historical Society]]. The book was originally published in 1928. It was compiled and edited by [[Lewis A. McArthur]]. {{As of|2011}}, the book is in its seventh edition, which was compiled and edited by Lewis L. McArthur{{efn|Lewis' grandfather was [[Oregon Supreme Court]] justice [[Lewis Linn McArthur]].}} (who died in 2018).

==Content==
In its introduction, it identifies six periods in the [[History of Oregon|history of the state]] which have contributed to the establishment of local names:
* The thousands of years of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] life;
* The period of [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish]], [[British colonization of the Americas|British]], [[French colonization of the Americas|French]] and [[History of the United States|early American]] exploration, with arrivals by sea and overland, exemplified by the activities of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]];
* The [[Oregon pioneer history|pioneer period]], up to and particularly including the days of the [[Oregon Trail]];
* The period of [[American Indian Wars#Pacific Northwest|Indian Wars]] and mining claims inspired by the [[California Gold Rush]] and later facilitated by the [[Mining Act of 1872]];
* The period of [[Homestead principle|homesteading]] between 1875 and 1925, which affected nine million acres (36,000 km²); and
* The modern period of [[neologism]]s

The seventh edition contains 6,252 entries, with references to another 2,679 names scattered throughout the text.{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|loc=Introduction p. ''xi''}} Entries are listed in alphabetical order, beginning with ''A B Crossing'', a railroad station in [[Coos County, Oregon|Coos County]],{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|loc=A B Crossing p. 1}} and ending with ''[[Zwagg Island]]'', an island near [[Brookings, Oregon]].{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|loc=Zwagg Island p. 1070}}

==Edition history==
The first three editions were edited by Lewis A. McArthur and published by [[Binford & Mort]];<ref>{{Oregon Encyclopedia|book_publishing|Book publishing}}</ref> Lewis L. McArthur took over from his father as of the fourth (1974) edition,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/oregongeographic00mcar|title=Oregon Geographic Names: McArthur, Lewis Ankeny), 1883-1951|edition=Fourth|year=1974|isbn=9780875950389|access-date=August 9, 2020|last1=McArthur|first1=Lewis Ankeny}}</ref> which was the first to be published by the [[Oregon Historical Society]] Press.{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003}}

The seventh edition also includes a [[CD-ROM]] with a complete biographic and geographic index as well as various maps of Oregon locations.{{sfn|McArthur|McArthur|2003|loc=Preface p. ''viii''}}

{| class="wikitable"
|Year|| Edition ||Editor || Publisher || Pages || [[File:Example barcode.svg|60px|center|ISBN]] || [[Library of Congress Control Number|Library of Congress<br/>Control Number]]
|-
|1928|| 1st|| McArthur, Lewis A. || || 450pp. || || {{LCCN|28006175}}
|-
|1944|| 2nd || McArthur, Lewis A.|| [[Binford & Mort]] || 581pp. || || {{LCCN|45036769}}
|-
|1952|| [[wikisource:en:Oregon Geographic Names (1952)|3rd]] || McArthur, Lewis A.|| Binford & Mort || 686pp. || || {{LCCN|53000095}}
|-
|1974|| 4th || McArthur, Lewis L.|| Oregon Historical Society || 835pp. || {{ISBN|0-87595-038-8}} || {{LCCN|72086812}}
|-
|1982|| 5th || McArthur, Lewis L.|| Western Imprints (Oregon Historical Society) || 839pp. || {{ISBN|0-87595-113-9}} || {{LCCN|82018808}}
|-
|1992|| 6th || McArthur, Lewis L.|| Oregon Historical Society || 957pp. || {{ISBN|0-87595-236-4}} || {{LCCN|92017234}}
|-
|2003|| 7th || McArthur, Lewis L.|| Oregon Historical Society{{efn|According to the Library of Congress ({{LCCN|2003020467}}), the 7th edition was distributed by [[University of Washington Press]]}} || 1073pp. || {{ISBN|0-87595-278-X}} || {{LCCN|2003020467}}
|}

Lewis L. McArthur died in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lewis McArthur, who set state's geographic names standard, dies|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=September 7, 2018|page=A14|last=Perry|first=Douglas}}</ref> His daughter, Mary McArthur, reportedly took over editorship for the book's upcoming 8th edition.<!-- Which was planned for 2011, according to the cited articles, but which does not exist as of June 2014. --><ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/registerguard/access/1503713431.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+22%2C+2008&author=Bob+Welch+The+Register-Guard&pub=The+Register+-+Guard&edition=&startpage=C.17&desc=When+studying+Oregon+names%2C+McArthur+reins|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131170734/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/registerguard/access/1503713431.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+22,+2008&author=Bob+Welch+The+Register-Guard&pub=The+Register+-+Guard&edition=&startpage=C.17&desc=When+studying+Oregon+names,+McArthur+reins|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|title=When studying Oregon names, McArthur reins {{sic|nolink=yes}}|newspaper=[[The Register-Guard]]|date=June 22, 2008|page=C17|last=Welch|first=Bob|author-link=Bob Welch (author)|access-date=August 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/registerguard/access/1556514411.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+9%2C+2008&author=Bob+Welch+The+Register-Guard&pub=The+Register+-+Guard&edition=&startpage=B.13&desc=Place+name+takes+its+place+on+the+map|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131190108/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/registerguard/access/1556514411.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+9,+2008&author=Bob+Welch+The+Register-Guard&pub=The+Register+-+Guard&edition=&startpage=B.13&desc=Place+name+takes+its+place+on+the+map|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|title=Place name takes its place on the map|newspaper=The Register-Guard|date=September 9, 2008|page=B13|last=Welch|first=Bob|access-date=August 14, 2009}}</ref><ref name="terry">{{cite news|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2009/12/opie_dilldock_pass_noti_whats.html|title=Opie Dilldock Pass? Noti? What's in an Oregon name?|date=December 26, 2009|work=The Oregonian|last=Richard|first=Terry|access-date=February 3, 2012}}</ref>

According to Champ Vaughan, past president of the [[Oregon Geographic Names Board]], no other state has a book quite like it.<ref name="terry" />

==Bibliography==
{{cite book|last1=McArthur|first1=Lewis A.|last2=McArthur|first2=Lewis L.|year=2003|title=Oregon Geographic Names|edition=Seventh|publisher=Oregon Historical Society Press|location=Portland, Oregon|isbn=978-0-87595-277-2}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

[[Category:Geography of Oregon]]
[[Category:Atlases]]
[[Category:1928 establishments in Oregon]]