Skull Lick Creek is a stream in Audrain County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary to the South Fork of the Salt River.

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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  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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