NC Gazetteer

Lake Junaluska

Also known as: Tuscola
A lake in Haywood County
… central Haywood County on Richland Creek. Formerly covered 250 acres, but silt filled it until it is much smaller. Named for the Cherokee Indian chief, Junaluska (ca. 1758-1858). The lake covers the site of the former community of Tuscola, which had a post office in the 1870s and 1880s.