According to oral history, the name came from an early 19th-century enterprise to develop a silk industry here. Entrepreneurs imported silk worms and planted mulberry trees, but were not successful. No signs remain of the silk ambitions. Farmers in the area also cultivated cotton in the antebellum years, and used a local cotton gin that once stood at the Silk Hope crossroads. Due to soil limitations, they could not produce much of the commodity crop.
Community residents come together each Labor Day to celebrate their heritage at the "Silk Hope Old Fashioned Farmers Day".[4] The Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival held nearby has attracted more than 4,500 people.[5]
silk, hope, north, carolina, 7809740, 3700185, 7809740, 3700185, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, new. 35 46 52 N 79 22 12 W 35 7809740 N 79 3700185 W 35 7809740 79 3700185 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Silk Hope North Carolina news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Silk Hope in Chatham County North Carolina United States is a farm community centered on a school 1 a volunteer fire department several country churches and many historical farmsteads Some residents who work in Cary Chapel Hill and Research Triangle Park have established country homes here 2 Its ZIP Code is 27344 3 According to oral history the name came from an early 19th century enterprise to develop a silk industry here Entrepreneurs imported silk worms and planted mulberry trees but were not successful No signs remain of the silk ambitions Farmers in the area also cultivated cotton in the antebellum years and used a local cotton gin that once stood at the Silk Hope crossroads Due to soil limitations they could not produce much of the commodity crop Community residents come together each Labor Day to celebrate their heritage at the Silk Hope Old Fashioned Farmers Day 4 The Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival held nearby has attracted more than 4 500 people 5 The DeGraffenreidt Johnson House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 6 References edit Silk Hope Homepage Shs chatham k12 nc us Retrieved January 29 2017 Silk Hope Chatham County NC website ZIP Code by City and State United States Postal Service Retrieved December 15 2023 Archived copy www silkhopenc org Archived from the original on April 5 2011 Retrieved January 17 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Shakori Hills readies fall festival Times News Burlington NC Archived from the original on October 25 2012 Retrieved January 17 2022 National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 External links editSilk Hope at the U S Geographic Names Information System This article about a location in Chatham County North Carolina is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Silk Hope North Carolina amp oldid 1189979850, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
