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Fonta Flora, North Carolina

Fonta Flora, North Carolina

The McGimpseys were an important family in Fonta Flora, a North Carolina mountain town that was home to both Black and white residents. While exactly how much of the town was inundated is contested, at least 20% of it disappeared under Lake James in 1923.

About this community

Dam
Lake James
River
Catawba River
Established
1827
Inundated
1923