Gerome, Washington
Gerome was one of ten towns displaced by Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake. The town was home to one of the Works Progress Administration camps where workers stayed while clearing the area in preparation for inundation.
About this community
- River
- Columbia River
- Established
- 1900
- Inundated
- 1942
The community that was displaced
- Displacement cost
- $9,964,903
- Property value
- $470,879
- Vocations
- farmer, fisherman, rancher
- Birthplaces
- local