Split Silk, Georgia Explained

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.^[1]

Little remains of the original community. In 2014, Walton County Board of Commissioners voted in favor of installing town signs to mark the site.^[2]

References

33.8294°N -83.8417°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins . Winship Press . Krakow, Kenneth K. . 1975 . Macon, GA . 210 . 0-915430-00-2.
2. Web site: Putting Split Silk back on the map . Monroe Local News . January 10, 2014 . 11 June 2019 . Swanepoel, Sharon.