Mooselookmeguntic is a
populated place
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in
Franklin County, Maine
Franklin County is a county located in the state of Maine, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,456, making it the second-least populous county in Maine. Its county seat is Farmington. The county was established o ...
, United States.
It is located in the western part of the town of
Rangeley, at the northern end of
Maine State Route 4
State Route 4 (SR 4) is a long state highway located in southern and western Maine. It is a major interregional route and the first such route to be designated in the state. The southern terminus is at the New Hampshire border in South Berwick, ...
, west of
Oquossoc. The community is on the east shore of the north end of
Mooselookmeguntic Lake
Mooselookmeguntic Lake is located in Franklin County and Oxford County, Maine, in the United States. It is part of the Androscoggin River watershed. It is located in the western part of Maine, near the border with the state of New Hampshire and ...
, where it merges with Cupsuptic Lake. It is part of the Rangeley Lakes region of northwestern Maine.
Mooselookmeguntic is one of the longest single-word, unhyphenated place names in the United States recognized by the
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
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.
At 17 characters, it is tied with
Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania
Kleinfeltersville is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is almost due east of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, Schaefferstown on Pennsylvania Route 897.
Kleinfelter ...
.
Geology of Mooselookmeguntic
A publication of the
Maine Geological Survey describes some of the bedrock just south of Lake Mooselookmeguntic as:
:"Mooselookmeguntic
pluton
In geology, an igneous intrusion (or intrusive body or simply intrusion) is a body of intrusive igneous rock that forms by crystallization of magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth. Intrusions have a wide variety of forms and com ...
and related bodies. Primarily a medium-grained, two mica
adamellite
Quartz monzonite is an intrusive, felsic, igneous rock that has an approximately equal proportion of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspars. It is typically a light colored phaneritic (coarse-grained) to porphyritic granitic rock. The plagioclas ...
. Some
pegmatite
A pegmatite is an igneous rock showing a very coarse texture, with large interlocking crystals usually greater in size than and sometimes greater than . Most pegmatites are composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica, having a similar silicic com ...
."
References
Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Maine
Unincorporated communities in Maine
Villages in Franklin County, Maine
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