Silk Hope, in Chatham County, North Carolina, USA, is a farm community centered on a community school, a volunteer fire department, several country churches, and many historical farmsteads. It is evolving into the country home of many who work in Cary, Chapel Hill, and Research Triangle Park. Joe Hackney is a former resident. The Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival held nearby has attracted more than 4,500 people. The DeGraffenreidt-Johnson House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.