Skullbones Creek Explained
Skullbones Creek or Skullbone Creek is a stream in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Big River.
The confluence with Big River is adjacent to Missouri Route 30 just southeast of Cedar Hill.[1]
Tradition has it a human skull was found along the course of Skullbones Creek, which accounts for the name.[2]
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References
38.3451°N -90.6526°W
Notes and References
- Cedar Hill, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1975 rev.)
- Web site: Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 19 October 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071321/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_jefferson.html. 24 June 2016.