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]
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.
Municipalities and communities of Walton County, Georgia, United States | ||
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| Cities |  Map of Georgia highlighting Walton County | |
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
33°49′46″N 83°50′30″W / 33.82944°N 83.84167°W
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