Tamola, Mississippi
Tamola is an unincorporated community in Kemper County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi.
History
Tamola is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "to scatter". A variant name is "Tamola Station".
Tamola is located on the Kansas City Southern Railway. The station in Tamola was the first railroad station in Kemper County and was built in 1858. A post office operated under the name Tamola Station from 1858 to 1879 and under the name Tamola from 1903 to 1924.
Tamola was once home to a Catholic church of the Diocese of Natchez and was served by clergy from Meridian.
References
- ^ "Tamola". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tamola
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Tamola, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ Connolly, Michael Brian (1989). Reconstruction in Kemper County, Mississippi (MA). Old Dominion University. doi:10.25777/zrga-8s96. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ "Kemper County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ Sadlier's Catholic Directory, Almanac and Clergy List Quarterly. New York, New York: D. & J. Sadlier. 1875. p. 251.
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