Photo: Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0How is Fontana Dam run?
Fontana Dam’s town government spent $161,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $26,833 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Fontana Dam didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Fontana Dam is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $26,833 per resident a year, or $73.52 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 66%.
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Fontana Dam didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Fontana Dam yet
Every year of Fontana Dam’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Fontana Dam
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 6 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (6).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Graham County Schools
Fontana Dam’s K–12 school district, shared with Lake Santeetlah, Robbinsville. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $17,278 per pupil, $9,737 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
North Carolina districts overall: 26% local, 57% state, 17% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Fontana Dam’s votes are counted by county
North Carolina reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Fontana Dam alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Graham County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican81.3%3,883 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat17.6%839 votesOthers: 1.2% (57 votes).
Most votes in Graham County: Donald J Trump
North Carolina: Trump 50.9%, Harris 47.6%
100% of Fontana Dam lies in Graham County. Every 2024 race in Graham County is on the county’s page.
Graham County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Fontana Dam.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2North Carolina HouseState representatives
- 3North Carolina SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of North Carolina
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
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Questions about Fontana Dam’s government
How much does Fontana Dam spend per resident?
About $26,833 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Fontana Dam didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $259,000.
Who runs Fontana Dam’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Fontana Dam yet.
How did Fontana Dam vote in 2024?
North Carolina counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Fontana Dam alone. Graham County, where 100% of Fontana Dam lies, voted Trump 81.3%, Harris 17.6% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Fontana Dam?
1 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $5,111 (about $61,332 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Fontana Dam in the state legislature?
State Senate District 50 (Kevin Corbin) and State House District 120 (Karl Gillespie). The House district also covers seven other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Fontana Dam, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →