Split Silk, Georgia

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Split Silk is an unincorporated community in Walton County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1]

History

According to tradition, the community received its name from an incident in which a girl's silk dress accidentally was ripped near the local country store. [2]

Little remains of the original community. In 2014, Walton County Board of Commissioners voted in favor of installing town signs to mark the site. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Split Silk, Georgia
  2. ↑ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 210. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.
  3. ↑ Swanepoel, Sharon (January 10, 2014). "Putting Split Silk back on the map". Monroe Local News. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

Coordinates: 33°49′46″N83°50′30″W / 33.82944°N 83.84167°W / 33.82944; -83.84167


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