Tuscola, Kentucky was an

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located on Little Cat Fork in

Lawrence County, Kentucky Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Louisa. The county is named for James Lawrence, and co-founded by Isaac Bolt, who served as a Lawrence County Commissioner and Justice of the Peace. Lawrence ...

, identified with a

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by that name established in 1902.Robert M. Rennick., "Lawrence County - Place Names" (2016). Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection. 90. https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/rennick_ms_collection/90, retrieved 11 Nov 2020.Robert M. Rennick, "Lawrence County - Post Offices & Place Names" (2000). County Histories of Kentucky. 244. https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/kentucky_county_histories/244, retrieved 11 Nov 2020.

History

A post office was first established at or close to the mouth of Spring Branch on Little Cat Fork in 1885 as "Cat P.O.," but was discontinued in March 1891. A 1902 petition to establish the post office as Tuscola located it two and three quarter miles northwest of Olioville, three and a quarter miles southeast of Glenwood, and three and three quarter miles west of Vessie. Little Cat Fork, also called Little Catt or Catts, is a fork of Cat Creek, a tributary of Blaine Creek in the Big Sandy River watershed. In 1940, a site change was petitioned for, relocating it one mile east to a point 100 yards north of Little Catt Creek five miles west of

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. The post office was again discontinued in 1941, and the name fell into disuse, with the former name "Cat" returning to prominence due to the location on Little Cat Fork. The name "Tuscola" is thought to be derived from the

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word ''tushka'', meaning "warrior."Works Progress Administration, "Lawrence County - Brief History" (1939). County Histories of Kentucky. 349. https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/kentucky_county_histories/349, retrieved 11 Nov 2020.

References

Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Lawrence County, Kentucky {{LawrenceCountyKY-geo-stub