Chulafinnee, Alabama

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Chulafinnee, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Chulafinnee, Alabama
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Chulafinnee, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°32′43″N85°38′56″W / 33.54528°N 85.64889°W / 33.54528; -85.64889 Coordinates: 33°32′43″N85°38′56″W / 33.54528°N 85.64889°W / 33.54528; -85.64889
Country United States
State Alabama
County Cleburne
Elevation
876 ft (267 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID159405 [1]

Chulafinnee is an unincorporated community in Cleburne County, Alabama, United States.

History

Chulafinnee was named after the nearby Chulafinnee Creek, which was derived from Creek words chuli meaning "pine" and fina meaning "footlog". [2] Chulafinnee was founded in 1835 when gold was found in the nearby creeks. The population was smaller than that of nearby Arbacoochee (which was also formed after gold was found nearby), but considered by locals to be a more permanent town due to the greater number of brick buildings. Local lore held that the King brothers, (who later founded King Ranch), were prospectors in the area. [3] Remains of some of the mines are located on the Frank Spain Scout Reservation, where participating Scouts are able to learn about the history of the area. [4]

The American geologist Eugene Allen Smith explored the old mines and examined minerals around Chulafinnee in the late 1800s. [5]

A post office operated under the name Chulafinnee from 1842 to 1904. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Chulafinnee". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Read, William A. (1984). Indian Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 20. ISBN   0-8173-0231-X.
  3. ↑ Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 71. ISBN   0-8173-1125-4.
  4. ↑ "Striplin Gold Mine and Carr Creek Placer" (PDF). Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Aileen Kilgore Henderson (2011). Eugene Allen Smith's Alabama: How a Geologist Shaped a State. NewSouth Books. p. 7. ISBN   978-1-58838-243-6.
  6. ↑ "Cleburne County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 November 2019.


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