[1][2] The name of the community is described in local folklore as originating from a story in which a wounded moose escapes two hunters by obscuring its trail in the brook.

[3] The first of the land grants in the area was given to Joseph Northrup on April 13th, 1768.

Northrup was later followed by Robert Faulkner, on May 19th, 1785; Samuel Brown, on August 10th, 1811; Colin Campbell, on December 15th, 1812; and Archibald and Janet Kerr, on February 23rd, 1815.

[3] A post office was established in Moose Brook in May of 1863, under the direction of Thomas M. Reid.

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