What is "toqua"

Toqua may refer to:

• Toqua Township, Big Stone County, Minnesota
• Toqua (Tennessee), a prehistoric and historic Native American site in Monroe County, Tennessee, home to a substantial pre-Cherokee town and later an Overhill Cherokee village, now submerged by Tellico Lake

Toqua (also known as Toquo) is a prehistoric and historic Native American site in Monroe County, Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. Along with the Overhill Cherokee village for which the site was named, Toqua was home to a substantial pre-Cherokee town that thrived during the Mississippian period (1000-1600). One of the Toqua site's most outstanding features was a platform mound built by the town's Mississippian inhabitants. The site's Mississippian occupation may have been the village of Tali, which was visited by the Hernando de Soto expedition in 1540.

The Toqua site is now submerged by Tellico Lake, an impoundment of the Little Tennessee River. The lake is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the shoreline above the site is now a recreational area managed by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.