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