NC Gazetteer

Cashiers

Also known as: Cashiers Valley
A town in Jackson County
… town in S Jackson County beside Cashiers Lake. Inc. 1927. Post office est. 1851 as Cashiers Valley; named changed to Cashiers in 1881. The origin of the name is uncertain, but there are many stories, some concerning a horse named Cash that grazed there. Other stories concern a hermit named Cashiers who lived there.