Snapfinger Creek is a stream in

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. 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.

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