List of flooded towns in the United States facts for kids
These are U.S. towns and villages flooded by the creation of dams, destroyed by the advancing sea, or washed away in floods and never rebuilt.
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Arkansas
California
- Baird, under Lake Shasta
- Copper City, under Lake Shasta
- Elmore, under Lake Shasta
- Etter, under Lake Shasta
- Kennett, under Lake Shasta
- Morley, under Lake Shasta
- Pitt, under Lake Shasta
- Winthrop, under Lake Shasta
Colorado
- Sopris, flooded by the creation of Trinidad Lake State Park Reservoir
- Dillon , under Dillon Reservoir
- Stout, Flooded by the creation of Horsetooth Reservoir
Connecticut
Indiana
- Fairfield, under Brookville Lake
- Somerset, under Mississinewa Reservoir
Kentucky
- Eddyville, Kentucky, flooded by the creation of Lake Barkley.
- Kuttawa, Kentucky, flooded by the creation of Lake Barkley.
- Birmingham, Kentucky, flooded by the creation of Kentucky Lake.
Maine
- Flagstaff, under Flagstaff Lake
Maryland
- Warren, flooded by the creation of Loch Raven Reservoir
Massachusetts
- Dana, under Quabbin Reservoir
- Enfield, under Quabbin Reservoir
- Greenwich, under Quabbin Reservoir
- Prescott, partially under Quabbin Reservoir
Michigan
- Rawsonville, under Belleville Lake
Mississippi
- Ben Lomond, Mississippi
- Coldwater, flooded by Arkabutla Lake and relocated
- New Mexico, Mississippi
- Port Anderson, Mississippi
- Prentiss, Bolivar County, Mississippi
Nevada
- St. Thomas, under Lake Mead
New York
- Arena, flooded by Pepacton Reservoir
- Boiceville, flooded by Ashokan Reservoir
- Brown's Station, flooded by Ashokan Reservoir
- Cannonsville, flooded by Cannonsville Reservoir
- Elko, flooded by Allegheny Reservoir
- Gilboa, flooded by Schoharie Reservoir and relocated
- Glenford, flooded by Ashokan Reservoir and relocated
- Kensico, flooded by Kensico Reservoir
- Neversink, flooded by Neversink Reservoir and relocated
- Olive, flooded by Ashokan Reservoir
- Olive Bridge, flooded by Ashokan Reservoir and relocated
- Pepacton, flooded by Pepacton Reservoir
- Shavertown, flooded by Pepacton Reservoir
- Shokan, flooded by Ashokan Reservoir
- Stony Hollow, flooded by Ashokan Reservoir
- West Hurley, flooded by Ashokan Reservoir and relocated
- West Shokan, flooded by Ashokan Reservoir
North Carolina
- Judson, flooded by Fontana Lake
- Proctor, flooded by Fontana Lake
Oregon
- Arlington, flooded by Lake Umatilla but relocated
- Bayocean, destroyed by erosion into the Pacific Ocean
- Blalock, inundated by the backwaters from the John Day Dam
- Celilo, flooded by Lake Celilo
- Champoeg, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862
- Copper, under Applegate Reservoir
- Detroit, inundated by Detroit Lake and relocated
- Dorena, flooded by Dorena Reservoir and relocated
- Homestead, possibly under the Hells Canyon Reservoir
- Linn City, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862
- Orleans, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862
- Robinette, under Brownlee Reservoir
- Vanport, destroyed by the flooding of the Columbia River
Pennsylvania
- Corydon, flooded by Allegheny Reservoir
- Livermore, flooded by the Conemaugh Dam
- Kinzua, flooded by Allegheny Reservoir
- Milford Mills, flooded by creation of Marsh Creek Lake
- Wilsonville, flooded to create Lake Wallenpaupack
Rhode Island
- Scituate, partially flooded by Scituate Reservoir
South Carolina
- Ferguson, flooded by Lake Marion
- Andersonville, flooded by Lake Hartwell
Utah
- Adventure, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862
- Connellsville, flooded by Electric Lake
- Hailstone, flooded by Jordanelle Reservoir
- Keetley, flooded by Jordanelle Reservoir
- Linwood, flooded by Flaming Gorge Reservoir
- Rockport, flooded by Rockport Reservoir
Washington
- Vantage, flooded by the Wanapum Dam
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