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fmgate · 03-10-2011, 06:55 PM

To shed light on the acutal legal recorded name of Gunstock, you might want to start with the website maintained by the US Board of Geographic names. Do a domestic search on the feature name "Gunstock".

http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispub...57992::NO:RP::

There are some pdf files of old citation cards and decision cards used by the USGS to justify placenames. It is interesting to read those. One of the decision cards defines the Belknap Range as being only 3 mountains, with Gunstock being the most northerly one, Belknap in the middle, and Whiteface to the south.

It seems that to get something named "officially" requires going through the US Board of Geographic Names. This is briefly discussed in this article on the movement to change the name of Mt. Clay to Mt. Reagan up in the Whites.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new...feats_of_clay/

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fmgate Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 43 Thanks: 10 Thanked 10 Times in 4 Posts	To shed light on the acutal legal recorded name of Gunstock, you might want to start with the website maintained by the US Board of Geographic names. Do a domestic search on the feature name "Gunstock". http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispub...57992::NO:RP:: There are some pdf files of old citation cards and decision cards used by the USGS to justify placenames. It is interesting to read those. One of the decision cards defines the Belknap Range as being only 3 mountains, with Gunstock being the most northerly one, Belknap in the middle, and Whiteface to the south. It seems that to get something named "officially" requires going through the US Board of Geographic Names. This is briefly discussed in this article on the movement to change the name of Mt. Clay to Mt. Reagan up in the Whites. http://www.boston.com/news/local/new...feats_of_clay/