Proctor
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 35.473, -83.726
Why it was abandoned
🌊 Flooded
Detected automatically from the text: The town was flooded by Fontana Lake, which was created by the construction of the Fontana Dam in 1944 during World War II.
History
Proctor is a former town located in Swain County, North Carolina, U.S.A. It was on Hazel Creek. It is named after Moses Proctor, the first European-American settler to this area. The town was flooded by Fontana Lake, which was created by the construction of the Fontana Dam in 1944 during World War II. It remains submerged unless lake levels are very low.