Skull Lick Creek

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Skull Lick Creek is a stream in Audrain County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

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Audrain County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Audrain County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 25,529. Its county seat is Mexico. The county was organized December 13, 1836, and named for Colonel James Hunter Audrain of the War of 1812 and who later was elected to the state legislature.

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Skull Lick Creek most likely was named for an incident when a party of settlers were killed by Indians who left their skulls behind. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skull Lick Creek
  2. ↑ "Audrain County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

Coordinates: 39°14′03″N91°53′17″W / 39.234207°N 91.887947°W / 39.234207; -91.887947

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