Editing Toccopola, Mississippi (section)

==History==
Toccopola was originally settled by the [[Chickasaw]]. In 1840, Tobias and Allison Furr moved to the vicinity of Toccopola from [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina]] and built a [[water mill]] and store.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dane |first1=Barbara T. |title=Crossin' the River |date=2005 |publisher=PageFree Publishing |location=Otsego, Michigan |isbn=9781589613591 |page=78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2b0ejPE3FVQC}}</ref> After the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], W. B. Gilmer founded Toccopola College. The college closed in 1907 after the [[Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad]] bypassed Toccopola in favor of [[Pontotoc, Mississippi|Pontotoc]], which caused many citizens to leave the community.<ref>{{cite book |title=Mississippi: The WPA Guide to the Magnolia State |date=2010 |publisher=University of Mississippi Press |location=Jackson, Mississippi |isbn=978-1-60473-292-4 |page=487 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C4VQ8viRWvYC}}</ref>

In 1900, Toccopola had a population of 249, three churches, a high school, [[grist mill]], and carriage shop.<ref>{{cite book | last = Rowland | first = Dunbar | title = Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form | publisher = Southern Historical Publishing Association | year = 1907 | url = https://ia801201.us.archive.org/20/items/mississippicompr02rowl/mississippicompr02rowl.pdf | volume = 2 | page = 790}}</ref>