Skull Lick Creek Explained

Skull Lick Creek is a stream in Audrain County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary to the South Fork of the Salt River.

Skull Lick Creek most likely was named for an incident when a party of settlers were killed by Indians who left their skulls behind.[1]

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39.2342°N -91.8879°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Audrain County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 30 August 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070915/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_audrain.html. 24 June 2016.