Anglicized Native American Placenames in Oregon: Their Number and Distribution

Abstract

The personal computer permits the storage and analysis of many types of placename data, enabling researchers to conduct large scale studies which otherwise would be prohibitively tedious and time consuming. One use to which computers and their handling of placename data can be put is to distinguish among various general classes of Anglicized native American placenames and to examine their frequency and distribution in different regions of the country or in single states, in this case Oregon.