Silk Hope, North Carolina

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Silk Hope, in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, is a farm community centered on a school, [1] a volunteer fire department, several country churches, and many historical farmsteads. Some residents who work in Cary, Chapel Hill, and Research Triangle Park have established "country" homes here. [2]

According to oral history, the name came from an early 19th-century enterprise to develop a silk industry here. Entrepreneurs imported silk worms and planted mulberry trees, but were not successful. No signs remain of the silk ambitions. Farmers in the area also cultivated cotton in the antebellum years, and used a local cotton gin that once stood at the Silk Hope crossroads. Due to soil limitations, they could not produce much of the commodity crop.

Community residents come together each Labor Day to celebrate their heritage at the "Silk Hope Old Fashioned Farmers Day". [3] The Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival held nearby has attracted more than 4,500 people. [4]

The DeGraffenreidt-Johnson House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Silk Hope / Homepage". Shs.chatham.k12.nc.us. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  2. ↑ , Chatham County, NC website
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". www.silkhopenc.org. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Shakori Hills readies fall festival. - Times-News (Burlington, NC) | HighBeam Research". www.highbeam.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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