Split Silk is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
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 sign
A town sign or city limit sign is a road sign placed at the side of the road or street at the boundary of the territory of a city, town, or village. Town signs may be placed for reading both by drivers entering the town and, in a different format, ...
s to mark the site.
References
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Unincorporated communities in Walton County, Georgia
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