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Butler, Tennessee

Butler, Tennessee

After the Tennessee Valley Authority purchased Butler's city infrastructure in 1947, a resident joked that the "next mayor ... will be a catfish." In the end, the town was relocated to higher ground. The photograph on the left shows a street in Old Butler, the one on the right shows a house on the move from Old to New Butler.

About this community

Dam
Watauga Dam
River
Watauga River
Established
1760s
Inundated
1948

The community that was displaced

Displacement cost
$14,824,638
Property value
$119,629
Vocations
farmer, fisherman, rancher
Birthplaces
local