Tocowa is a ghost town located just outside Batesville in Panola County, Mississippi, United States.

[2] In 1938, Federal Writers' Project wrote up a sketch of the town, and surmised its name to be derived Chickasaw and Choctaw languages meaning "healing waters".

[3] However, more recent scholarship rejects the "healing waters" interpretation, and purports the name to mean "broken and bent down trees" or "firewood".

The spring was used as a socializing area by Native Americans who believed in the spring's mysterious healing powers and that the water could heal braves wounded in battle.

[7] Former Mississippi governor Ronnie Musgrove was born and raised in Tocowa.