Shinbone Ridge

Shinbone Ridge is a ridge in the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia.{{GNIS|150511}}

Shinbone Ridge was named after the shinbone in the skeletal system of the horse.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IP4vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2jsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4153%2C622696 | title=Walker County| work=Calhoun Times | date=1 September 2004 | accessdate=26 April 2015 | pages=112}} This is a continuation of horse-themed natural feature names in the area; cf. Horseleg Mountain.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/s.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=205 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}