Tamola is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "to scatter".[3] A variant name is "Tamola Station".[2]
Tamola is located on the Kansas City Southern Railway.[4] The station in Tamola was the first railroad station in Kemper County and was built in 1858.[5] A post office operated under the name Tamola Station from 1858 to 1879 and under the name Tamola from 1903 to 1924.[6]