Big Bone | |
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  Big Bone Location within the state of Kentucky  Big Bone Big Bone (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°53′19″N 84°45′7″W / 38.88861°N 84.75194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Boone |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 487080[1] |
Big Bone is an unincorporated community in southern Boone County, Kentucky, United States. It is bounded on the west by the Ohio River, and Rabbit Hash, on the south by Big Bone Creek, which empties into the river at Big Bone Landing. The northern extent is along Hathaway Road, and the eastern portion extends not further than U.S. 42, and is approached from that direction by Beaver Road (Route 338) coming from either Richwood or Walton. Big Bone took its name from a nearby prehistoric mineral lick of the same name.[2] Geographical features of interest include Big Bone Lick State Park and the now disappeared Big Bone Island.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Bone, Kentucky
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 13.