Tolu, Kentucky

Tolu is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 88. It is located along Kentucky Route 135 near the Ohio River. It is northwest of Marion, the county seat.HistoryThe original name of Tolu was "Hurricane Landing". It was renamed Tolu, after a hair tonic.Mississippian culture archeology at Tolu SiteThe Tolu Site is a prehistoric archeological site of the Mississippian culture, built and occupied about 1000 CE-1350 CE. This sophisticated culture flourished in chiefdoms along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, reaching its peak in size and power at Cahokia in present-day Illinois, the largest prehistoric complex north of Mexico. Peoples of the culture had wide trading networks spanning the continent along the Mississippi River, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.