Tolu, Kentucky

Tolu, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Motto(s):  tolu has a rich history and is awesome
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Crittenden
Elevation	377 ft (115 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	42084
Area code	270
GNIS feature ID	515965Template:GR

Tolu is an unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States. Tolu is located along Kentucky Route 135 near the Ohio River. It is 11.5 miles (18.5 km) northwest of Marion, the county seat.

The 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.

Tolu Site is part of the Angel Phase of the Mississippian period. Because of similarities among the following sites in their styles of pottery and construction of communities, it is also considered part of the "Kincaid Set", together with Angel Mounds in Indiana and Kincaid Mounds in Illinois, and Wickliffe Mounds in far western Kentucky.