Carolina Ghost Towns
Carolina Ghost Towns
Tom Taylor
Proctor, North Carolina
28 minutes Posted Feb 17, 2026 at 4:00 am.
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The town of Proctor was a logging town located on the north shore of Lake Fontana.  When the lake was flooded, access was cut off to the town site, and specifically to the 34+ cemeteries located on the northern shore of the lake.  A road to the cemeteries was promised, but never completed.  Now, a "Road to Nowhere" ends 10 miles short of its destination.
These are some of the resources used in this episode:
Wikipedia article
Atlas Obscura
Proctor Slide Show (with great photos of the old town.)
WLOS Article from 2023
The Ghost Towns of Hazel Creek
Proctor Cemetery
Road to Nowhere
Clementine Cove
Granville Calhoun Obituary
Interview with Delia Woodard Watkins
Interview with Claude M. Douthit
Interview with Christine Cole Proctor