Lick Hollow is a
valley in
Ste. Genevieve County
Sainte Genevieve County, often abbreviated Ste. Genevieve County (French: Ste-Geneviève), is a county located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,479. The largest city and county ...
in the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
Lick Hollow was so named on account of
mineral lick
A mineral lick (also known as a salt lick) is a place where animals can go to lick essential mineral nutrients from a deposit of salts and other minerals. Mineral licks can be naturally occurring or artificial (such as blocks of salt that farm ...
s in the valley.
References
Valleys of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
Valleys of Missouri
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