Snapfinger Creek

Snapfinger Creek is a stream in DeKalb County, Georgia.^[1] Another DeKalb waterway, Barbashela Creek, flows into Snapfinger, which flows into the South River.

Some say Snapfinger Creek was so named because it is a tributary or "finger," while others believe an incident in which a surveyor broke or "snapped" his finger bone while crossing the creek caused this name to be selected.^[2]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snapfinger Creek
^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 207. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.

33°39′39.39″N 84°12′30.71″W / 33.6609417°N 84.2085306°W / 33.6609417; -84.2085306

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snapfinger Creek

[2] Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 207. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.

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