Siler Bald | SW Macon County at the head of Roaring Fork Creek approx. 1 mi. S of Wayah Gap. Alt. 5,216. Part of Nantahala Mountain Range. Named for Jesse Richardson Siler, pioneer settler in the area. See also Silers Bald. |
Siler Bald Branch | rises on the S side of Siler Bald in SW Macon County and flows SE into Bryson Branch. |
Siler City | town in W Chatham County. Known first as Matthews Cross Roads because it was at the junction of the Raleigh-Salisbury and Fayetteville-Greensboro plank roads. Later known as Siler's Store and Siler's Station. Post office est. there in 1880 as Energy; changed to Siler City in 1884. Inc. 1887. Alt. 598. Produces furniture, textiles, processed grain, and poultry. |
Silers Bald | mountain on the Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Welch Ridge near lat. 35°33'58" N., long. 83°33'56" W. Alt. 5,620. Named for Jesse Richardson Siler (1793-1876) of Franklin, who owned the mountain and kept large herds of cattle on it. |
Siles Branch | rises in W Swain County and flows NW into Nantahala River. |
Siles Gap | S Swain County between the head of Tarkiln Branch and the head of Siles Branch. |
Silk Hope | community in NW Chatham County. Probably named in antebellum period at a time when there was an interest in producing homegrown silk. |
Sills Creek | rises in N Pender County and flows NE into Sawyers Creek. |
Sills Creek | rises in W Rowan County and flows NE into Back Creek. Named for John Sill, who settled there in 1749. |
Siloam | community in S Surry County on Yadkin River. Alt. 811. Halls Ferry across the river was operated there as late as the 1930s. |