Skullbones Creek

Skullbones Creek (also rendered Skullbone Creek) is a stream in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

Tradition has it a human skull was found along the course of Skullbones Creek, which accounts for the name.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skullbones Creek
  2. ↑ "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.

Coordinates: 38°20′42″N 90°39′09″W / 38.345054°N 90.652628°W / 38.345054; -90.652628


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