Editing Tipton County, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Cotton field Tipton County TN 2013-10-20 001.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Cotton field in rural Tipton County, 2013]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|473|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|458|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|15|sqmi}} (3.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_47.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 14, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The major north–south route, [[U.S. Highway 51]], bisects Tipton County and passes through Covington. The western boundary of Tipton County is the Mississippi River, separating Tennessee and [[Arkansas]]. As the river's course was altered in several places by the [[1812 New Madrid earthquake]], the official boundary still follows the old alignment of the river. As a result, a few of Tipton County's communities — including [[Reverie, Tennessee|Reverie]] and [[Corona, Tennessee|Corona]] — became stranded on the Arkansas mainland side of the river, rather than the Tennessee side. Tipton County is situated on the southeastern edge of the [[New Madrid Seismic Zone]], an area with a high [[earthquake]] risk.

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Lauderdale County, Tennessee|Lauderdale County]] (north)
*[[Haywood County, Tennessee|Haywood County]] (east)
*[[Fayette County, Tennessee|Fayette County]] (southeast)
*[[Shelby County, Tennessee|Shelby County]] (south)
*[[Crittenden County, Arkansas]] (southwest)
*[[Mississippi County, Arkansas]] (northwest)