Tamola, Mississippi

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Tamola, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Tamola
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Tamola
Coordinates: 32°35′12″N88°28′37″W / 32.58667°N 88.47694°W / 32.58667; -88.47694
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Kemper
Elevation
229 ft (70 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID692255 [1]

Tamola is an unincorporated community that is located in Kemper County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi. [2]

History

Tamola is a name derived from the Choctaw language, purported to mean "to scatter". [3] A variant name is "Tamola Station". [2]

Tamola is located on the Kansas City Southern Railway. [4] The station in Tamola was the first railroad station in Kemper County and was built in 1858. [5] A post office operated under the name Tamola Station from 1858 to 1879 and under the name Tamola from 1903 to 1924. [6]

Tamola was once home to a Catholic church of the Diocese of Natchez and was served by clergy from Meridian. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Tamola". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tamola
  3. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 105. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.
  4. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Tamola, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  5. ↑ Connolly, Michael Brian (1989). Reconstruction in Kemper County, Mississippi (MA). Old Dominion University. doi:10.25777/zrga-8s96 . Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Kemper County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  7. ↑ Sadlier's Catholic Directory, Almanac and Clergy List Quarterly. New York, New York: D. & J. Sadlier. 1875. p. 251.


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