Editing Cashiers, North Carolina (section)

==History==
The establishment of Cashiers began with two men: Barak Norton, the first white settler in Whiteside Cove and Colonel John Zachary, who with his talented sons was responsible for the area's economic and civic development. Barak Norton came to the area around 1820 and the land he claimed in the area, including a gold mine eventually became Cashiers' main business district. Colonel John Zachary arrived in the area in 1833 and by 1836 received a {{convert|640|acre|ha|adj=on}} state land grant, plus two {{convert|100|acre|ha|adj=on}} land grants adjoining the {{convert|640|acre|ha}}. The Zachary family set up several businesses including a general store and sawmill; they provided trade skills including brick mason, hatter, and carpenter.

Several stories exist as to the derivation of the name Cashiers including a racehorse, steer, or mule named Cash or a hermit living in the area with the name. However, it has been concluded that the Zachary Family came up with the name related to their accounting work for individual gold miners in the area, being the "cashier". In 1839, Jonathan Zachary, the youngest son of the family, applied to become the first postmaster for, what he called, '''"Cashiers Valley;"''' it was changed to Cashiers in 1881.<ref name=Hotaling>{{cite news |url=http://www.thesylvaherald.com/history/article_bf0612d4-ae41-11e9-8d16-3f59eb2120c2.html |title=Settling the county's southern end |last=Hotaling |first=Lynn |newspaper=[[The Sylva Herald and Ruralite]] |date=July 24, 2019 |access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://theblueridgehighlander.com/jackson-county-cashiers-north-carolina.php |title=Cashiers, North Carolina - Jackson County |access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thelaurelmagazine.com/history-in-highlands-nc-and-cashiers-nc/how-cashiers-got-its-name |title=How Cashiers Got Its Name |last=Bryson |first=Carol |publisher=Laurel Magazine |location=Highlands, NC |date=August 2019 |access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref>

In 1851, the first Post Office was established.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ncpedia.org/gazetteer/search/cashiers/0 |title=North Carolina Gazetteer |access-date= December 24, 2020}}</ref> In 1855, the Zachary Family sold land to [[Wade Hampton II]], in what later became the [[High Hampton Inn Historic District|High Hampton Inn]].<ref name=Hotaling/> In 1927, Cashiers received a town charter from the state, but has since become inactive with no acting government body.<ref name="Fowler" /> In 2003, the [[North Carolina General Assembly]] passed [[local legislation]] allowing Cashiers to re-incorporate, but this was turned down by a vote of 161 to 302 in a local [[referendum]] on August 12.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/08_03/08_27_03/fr_cashiers_zoning.html |title=The Smoky Mountain News |website=www.smokymountainnews.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113134001/http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/08_03/08_27_03/fr_cashiers_zoning.html |archive-date=13 November 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Jackson County, North Carolina|Jackson County]] government set up a special zoning council for Cashiers in response; operated by the county, it covers what would normally be done by a municipality.

Five properties near Cashiers are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]&mdash;[[Camp Merrie-Woode]], the [[Church of the Good Shepherd (Cashiers, North Carolina)|Church of the Good Shepherd]], [[Fairfield Inn (Cashiers, North Carolina)|Fairfield Inn]], the High Hampton Inn Historic District, and the [[Mordecai Zachary House]].