Bone Creek is a stream located entirely within Ritchie County, West Virginia.[1]
Bone Creek was descriptively named for the animal bones discovered along its course.[2] The animals were attracted to a salt lick.[3]
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bone Creek (West Virginia)
- ^ Cox, William J. (Feb 22, 1979). "County placenames among most colorful, imaginative in country". The Pennsboro News. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 88.
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