Tanasi, Tennessee
Experts believe that Tennessee's name comes from Tanasi, the capital of the Overhill Cherokee from 1721 until 1730. Tellico Dam inundated the town site in 1979.
About this community
- Dam
- Tellico Dam
- Established
- 1721
- Inundated
- 1979
The community that was displaced
- Displacement cost
- $5,462,930
- Property value
- $583,174
- Vocations
- farmer, fisherman, rancher
- Birthplaces
- local