Cebolla Creek is a stream in Gunnison and Hinsdale counties in Colorado, United States, that is a tributary of the Gunnison River.[1]
The river's name comes from the Native Americans of the area, who relied on wild onions (Spanish: cebolla) as a food source.[2]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ceblla Creek
- ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 13.