Tula is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

and

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Lafayette County,

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

, United States. Tula is located on Mississippi Highway 331 west-southwest of Toccopola. ''Tula'' is a name either (sources vary) derived from the Chickasaw language meaning "rock", or a transfer from Tula, in Russia. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 197.

History

Tula was the location of the Tula Normal Institute and Business College. It was once believed that Tula was a site of

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deposits. Two experimental

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s existed in 1962, but like many wells in the Lafayette County area they were abandoned before significant investments were made. There were many oil prospects in northern Mississippi which quickly ran dry, causing a large majority of investors to view the Tula wells with caution.

Demographics

2020 census

Arts and culture

The Tula Opry is a bluegrass musical located in Tula.

Education

It is in the Lafayette County School District.

Notable people

* Larry Brown, author. Many of the scenes in his novel '' Father and Son'' are set in and around Tula. * Henry L. Davis, former member of the

Mississippi House of Representatives The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected for ...

and the Mississippi Senate

References

Census-designated places in Mississippi Census-designated places in Lafayette County, Mississippi Mississippi placenames of Native American origin {{LafayetteCountyMS-geo-stub