| Official Name: | Lauada, North Carolina |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Swain |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1959 |
| Coordinates: | 35.3728°N -83.5042°W |
| Area Code: | 828 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1012685 |
Lauada is an unincorporated community in Swain County, North Carolina, United States. Lauada is located at the junction of U.S. Route 19, U.S. Route 74, and North Carolina Highway 28 5.1miles southwest of Bryson City. The SCC Swain Center, a satellite location of Southwestern Community College, is located here.
Lauada Cemetery, located here, was created in 1943 during the construction of Fontana Lake to move grave sites from multiple cemeteries that now lie under the lake.[1] More than 1000 graves were moved to the cemetery upon its creation.[2]