How These 3 Towns in Tennessee Became Sunken Underwater Ghost Towns

The story of those who lost to the Tennessee Valley Authority. My home is located in what is known as the Lakeway Area. With tentacles in Hamblen, Jefferson, Grainger, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Claiborne and Hancock counties, the Lakeway Area is a relatively modern term. Our communities touch Norris, Douglas and Cherokee lakes. But the truth is, had you arrived here in the 1920s and asked the locals about the Lakeway Area, they’d have thought you were crazy.

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