Tipton County, Indiana

Founding: 1844
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: John Tipton, Indiana senator
Seat: Tipton (1844–)

Land area: 261 square miles

Population (2020): 15,359

Population (historic): 3,532 (1850); 11,953 (1870); 19,116 (1900); 15,208 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1940–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; three towns; six townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,457 (35.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,549
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,351

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,857
Average farm size (1920): 76.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia

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Tipton

Namesake: John Tipton, Indiana senator

Founding: 1844 (platting as Canton); 1845 (post office); 1884 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,275

Population (historic): 197 (1850); 892 (1870); 3,764 (1900); 4,861 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1844–1950; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 853 (36.9%)

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