Skullbones Creek

Skullbones Creek or Skullbone Creek is a stream in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Big River.

The confluence with Big River is adjacent to Missouri Route 30 just southeast of Cedar Hill.[2]

Tradition has it a human skull was found along the course of Skullbones Creek, which accounts for the name.[3]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skullbones Creek
  2. Cedar Hill, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1975 rev.)
  3. "Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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