Dead Moose Swamp becomes official name for a swamp in the Town of Mason

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is responsible by law for standardizing geographic names for use by the Federal Government. The BGN accepts proposals to name or rename geographic features and makes decisions on proposals only after considering local opinion and recommendations.  On June 9, 2022, the BGN, approved the proposal to make official the name Dead Moose Swamp for a swamp in the Town of Mason.  

The decision reads as follows: 

Dead Moose Swamp: swamp; approx. 12 acres; in the Town of Mason along Spaulding Brook ENE of Pratt Pond; the name refers to a moose that died in the swamp in 2009; Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; 42°47’23”N, 71°45’09”W; USGS map – Greenville 1:24,000.  

The swamp is on Spaulding Brook along Abbott Hill Road. The name refers to a dead moose that locals noticed in the swamp during the snowmelt in the spring of 2009.   Some residents noticed what seemed to be a new "rock" in a rock wall near the swamp.  The "rock" was a bloated moose carcass. The swamp has been called Dead Moose Swamp since then.

The name will be entered shortly into the Geographic Names Information System, the nation’s official geographic names repository available online at
https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names.