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]

  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)