The village people praised these TSUKIGATA's achievements and made a proposal to give the site the name of 'Tsukigata Village', which the Ministry of Interior also approved, so it became Tsukigata Town, Kabato County.
村人は月形のこれらの功績を称え同地を「月形村」と提案し、内務省もまた認可を与え樺戸郡月形町となった。