Split Silk, Georgia
Split Silk is an unincorporated community in Walton County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
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.
Little remains of the original community. In 2014, Walton County Board of Commissioners voted in favor of installing town signs to mark the site.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Split Silk, Georgia
- ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 210. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
- ^ Swanepoel, Sharon (January 10, 2014). "Putting Split Silk back on the map". Monroe Local News. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
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