Editing Tipton County, Tennessee

{{short description|County in Tennessee, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Tipton County
 | state                = Tennessee
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = October 29, 1823
 | named for            = Jacob Tipton, 18th-century soldier<ref name=tehc />
 | seat wl              = Covington
 | largest city wl      = Atoka
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 473
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 458
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 15
 | area percentage      = 3.2%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 60970 {{decrease}}
 | density_sq_mi        = 133
 | time zone            = Central
 | footnotes            = 
 | ex image             = Tipton County Court House Covington TN 2013-10-13 011.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Tipton County courthouse in Covington, Tennessee
 | web                  = www.tiptonco.com
 | district             = 8th
 | district2            = 9th
}}
'''Tipton County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located on the western end of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Tennessee]], in the [[Mississippi Delta]] region. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 60,970.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47167.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 7, 2013|archive-date=February 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221200457/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47167.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Covington, Tennessee|Covington]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Tipton County, founded in 1823, is part of the [[Memphis metropolitan area|Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==

===Indian cultures===
[[File:Tipton Phase sites HRoe 2010.jpg|thumb|The [[Tipton phase]] and some of its associated sites]]
From about 10,000 [[Common Era|BCE]], [[Paleo-Indians]] and later [[Archaic period in the Americas|Archaic-Indians]] lived as communities of [[hunter-gatherer]]s in the area that covers the modern day [[southern United States]].<ref>
{{cite web
| url        = http://www.nps.gov/history/seac/SoutheastChronicles/NISI/NISI%20Cultural%20Overview.htm| title = Pushmataha, Choctaw Indian Chief
| access-date = February 11, 2008
| author     = Guy Prentice
| year       = 2003
| publisher  = Southeast Chronicles
}}
</ref><ref name=NuttPREHISTORY>{{cite book|editor=Charles H. McNutt|author= Smith, Gerald P.|title=Prehistory of the Central Mississippi Valley|article=The Mississippi River Drainage of Western Tennessee|year=1996|publisher=[[University of Alabama Press]]|isbn = 0-8173-0807-5|pages=97–118}}</ref> From approximately 800 [[Common Era|CE]] to 1600 CE, the [[Mississippi Delta]] was populated by tribes of the [[Mississippian culture]], a [[Mound builder (people)|mound-building]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] people who had developed in the late [[Woodland period|Woodland Indian]] period.<ref name=NuttPREHISTORY/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-707 |title=History & Archaeology: Mississippian Period: Overview |access-date=December 10, 2008 |encyclopedia=The New Georgia Encyclopedia |date=October 3, 2002 |archive-date=March 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301201548/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-707 |url-status=dead }}</ref> While there were chiefdoms and centers along the Mississippi and its tributaries, their major center was at [[Cahokia]], in present-day Illinois east of [[St. Louis, Missouri]].

The [[Tipton phase]] people were a local expression of the Mississippian culture. They still inhabited the region of modern-day Tipton County during the time of first contact with Europeans, at the arrival of the Spanish [[Hernando de Soto|Hernando de Soto Expedition]]. By the end of the Mississippian period, the land was claimed and populated by the [[Chickasaw|Chickasaw tribe]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1=David H. Dye |editor2=Sheryl Ann Cox|author= Smith, Gerald P.|title=Towns and Temples Along the Mississippi|article=The Walls Phase and its Neighbors|year=1990|publisher=[[University of Alabama Press]]|isbn = 0-8173-0455-X|pages=135–169}}</ref> The exact origins of the Chickasaw are uncertain.<ref>
{{cite book
| last       = Cushman
| first      = Horatio
| title      = History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians
| year       = 1899
| publisher  = University of Oklahoma Press
| location   = [[Norman, Oklahoma|Norman]], [[Oklahoma]]
| pages      = 18–19
| chapter    = Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez
| isbn       = 0-8061-3127-6
}}</ref>

In about 1800, [[European ethnic groups|Europeans]] began settling the Chickasaw-inhabited lands east of the Mississippi River. Chickasaw land in what became known as [[West Tennessee]] and southwestern [[Kentucky]] was ceded in the [[Jackson Purchase (U.S. historical region)|Jackson Purchase]]. Both states grew considerably as a result of this purchase.<ref name=KYency>{{cite web |url=http://www.utm.edu/departments/acadpro/library/departments/special_collections/wc_hist/jackpur.htm |title=Jackson Purchase |access-date=October 24, 2008 |publisher=excerpt from The Kentucky Encyclopedia edited by John E. Kleber |year=1992 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006195419/http://www.utm.edu/departments/acadpro/library/departments/special_collections/wc_hist/jackpur.htm <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=October 6, 2008 }}</ref> In 1818, both sides agreed to the transfer by signing the [[Treaty of Tuscaloosa]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1401 |title=Treaties |access-date=February 9, 2013 |encyclopedia=Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture }}</ref> The Chickasaw were to be paid annuities for 15 years, but the United States was often late with payment, or forced the people to take the value in goods. These were often delayed or were of poor quality.

===1811 and 1812 earthquakes===
Due to [[topography|topographic]] changes caused by the [[1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes]], part of what is now Tipton County was cut off from the state of Tennessee by a change in the course of the [[Mississippi River]]. The earthquake changed the course of the river near the settlement of [[Reverie, Tennessee]]. The old riverbed is west of Reverie. The river now runs east of Reverie, putting Reverie on the [[Arkansas]] side, while most of the area of Tipton County is located east of the river, on the Tennessee side.<ref name=TNHistKid>{{cite web |url=http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/local/tipton |title=Tipton - Tennessee History for Kids |access-date=April 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706152404/http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/local/tipton |archive-date=July 6, 2010 }} www.tnhistoryforkids.org</ref>

===Establishment===
Tipton County attracted American settlers who established cotton plantations on its fertile soils and either brought or purchased enslaved [[African Americans]] as field laborers and house servants. There are also many records of indentured Irish [Caucasian] servants. This area was part of the cotton culture associated with the Mississippi Delta, which extended down to the [[Yazoo River]] in Mississippi. With the increase in population, the county was established on October 29, 1823, from parts of [[Shelby County, Tennessee|Shelby County]], which borders Tipton County in the south. The land was former [[Chickasaw|Chickasaw Indian]] territory. The county was named for [[Jacob Tipton]] (1765&ndash;1791). Jacob's father, who was from Armistead Blevins, supervised the organization of Shelby County. Jacob Tipton was killed by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] in 1791 during the conflict over the [[Northwest Territory]].<ref name=tehc>Angela Wallace Finley, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1387 Tipton County]," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', 2009. Retrieved: February 9, 2013.</ref>  Jacob Tipton was the son of [[John Tipton (Tennessee frontiersman)|John Tipton]], a rival of [[John Sevier]] during Tennessee's [[State of Franklin]] period.<ref>Als [http://www.coloneljohntipton.com/sons/ Colonel John Tipton: Sons]. Retrieved: April 18, 2013.</ref>

===19th century===
Early Mississippi River [[Steamboats of the Mississippi River|steamboat]] commerce flourished in Tipton County. In 1830, the community of [[Randolph, Tennessee|Randolph]], one of the earliest settlements in Tipton County, was the most important shipping point in Tennessee and an early rival of [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] for commercial supremacy. But its fortunes declined in later years.<ref name=TNMarkers>{{Cite book
  | title = Tennessee Historical Markers
  | publisher = Tennessee Historical Commission
  | year = 1996
  | edition = 8th
  | isbn = 0-87402-021-2}}
</ref> 
Riverboat traffic gradually yielded to freight being shipped by railroad. The first rail service in Tipton County was established in December 1855, when the Memphis and Ohio Railroad completed the route from [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], running through what is now [[Mason, Tennessee|Mason]].

[[File:Randolph TN Union fleet passing Ft Randolph.jpg|thumb|upright=1.65|[[Union Army|Union]] [[Naval fleet|fleet]] passing [[Fort Randolph (Tennessee)|Fort Randolph]] (1865)]]
Two [[American Civil War|Civil War]] forts, [[Fort Randolph (Tennessee)|Fort Randolph]] and [[Fort Wright (Tennessee)|Fort Wright]], were built near the settlement because of its strategic location on the second [[Chickasaw Bluff]] of the Mississippi River.<ref name=TNencyFtWright>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=499 |title=TN Encyclopedia: Fort Wright |access-date=February 9, 2013 |encyclopedia=The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture }}</ref><ref name=NYTFtRandolph>{{cite news |first=A. H. |last= Foote |title= The Evacuation of Columbus. The Town Reduced to a Heap of Ruins by the Rebels. Their Retreat to Fort Randolph (...) - (Dispatch from Flag-Officer Foote)|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1862/03/05/78680220.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1862/03/05/78680220.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 5, 1862 |access-date=January 10, 2009 }}</ref> Following the Civil War, investment in infrastructure was renewed, and the Memphis and Paducah Railroad completed the tracks to Covington in July 1873. A [[telegraph]] line between Memphis and Covington was opened in 1882. In 1894, Covington was connected to electricity. Forced [[water mains]] have provided residents of Covington with water since 1898. In 1922, street paving began in the county seat. Since 1929, residents of Covington have had access to [[natural gas]].<ref name=TipCtyGuide/> In the South Main Historic District in Covington, about 50 residences from the late 19th century and the early 20th century are still intact.<ref name=TipCtyGuide>
{{Cite book
  | title = Covington-Tipton County Community Guide
  | place = Covington, Tennessee
  | publisher = Tipton County Chamber of Commerce
  | year = 2005}}
</ref> The district is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

==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)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1830= 5317
|1840= 6800
|1850= 8887
|1860= 10705
|1870= 14884
|1880= 21033
|1890= 24271
|1900= 29273
|1910= 29459
|1920= 30258
|1930= 27498
|1940= 28036
|1950= 29782
|1960= 28564
|1970= 28001
|1980= 32930
|1990= 37568
|2000= 51271
|2010= 61081
|2020= 60970
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2018.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 14, 2015}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=April 14, 2015}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/tn190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=April 14, 2015}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=April 14, 2015}}</ref> 2010-2014<ref name="QF"/>
}}
{{Stack|[[File:USA Tipton County, Tennessee.csv age pyramid.svg|thumb|150px|Age pyramid Tipton County<ref>Based on 2000 [[census]] data</ref>]]}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Tipton County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US47167&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 8, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|44,925
|73.68%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|10,760
|17.65%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|180
|0.3%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|393
|0.64%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|39
|0.06%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|2,987
|4.9%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|1,686
|2.77%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 60,970 people, 21,452 households, and 16,419 families residing in the county.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|author=<!--Not stated-->|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> there were 61,081 people, 21,617 households, and 16,562 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|133.36|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|persons&nbsp;|persons|}} and the housing unit density was {{convert|47.20|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 77.77% [[White Americans|White]], 18.74% [[Black people|Black]] or [[African Americans|African American]], 0.60% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.41% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.09% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 0.75% from other races, and 1.64% from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. Those of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] origins were 2.08% of the population.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 51,271 people, 18,106 households, and 14,176 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|112|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 19,064 housing units at an average density of {{convert|42|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;}}. The racial makeup of the county was 77.86% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 19.90% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.38% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.37% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.06% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.38% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.04% from two or more races. 1.21% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 18,106 households, out of which 39.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.20% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.70% were non-families. 18.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.17. In the county, the population was spread out, with 29.30% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 30.40% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 9.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 97.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.20 males. The median income for a household in the county was $41,856, and the median income for a family was $46,807. Males had a median income of $35,611 versus $23,559 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $17,952. About 10.30% of families and 12.10% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.30% of those under age 18 and 17.70% of those age 65 or over. In 2006, according to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]] population estimate, 57,380 people resided in 22,551 housing units in Tipton County. In comparison to a population of 51,271 in the year 2000, the county population increased by 11.9% in six years. 50.7% of the population in 2006 was female, 49.3% was male. Of the population in 2006, 79.2% were White, 18.8% were Black, .4% were of Native American or Alaska Native race and 1.6% were of another ethnicity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47167.html |title=Tipton County QuickFacts from the U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=October 4, 2008 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |archive-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221200457/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47167.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:0 Welcome to Tipton County TN 2013-11-24 003.jpg|thumb|left|Welcome sign at the county border]]
[[File:Covington Veterans Memorial.jpg|thumb|[[Cannon]] in front of the Nature Center and Veteran's Memorial in [[Covington, Tennessee|Covington]]. Marker in the background shows [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]]'s last speech. (2007)]]

===Tipton County Museum===
The Tipton County Museum is located in Covington. The museum houses various history exhibits featuring artifacts from Tipton County's rich heritage and a nature center depicting the unique ecosystem of West Tennessee. Taxidermies of local species and [[mastodon]] bone fragments give insight into the natural history. Adjacent to the museum, a {{convert|20|acre|ha|adj=on}} park with a {{convert|1/2|mi|m|adj=on}} walking trail can be found. Natural woodland and man-made wetlands are the sites for a few smaller local species, such as turtles and birds. The Veterans Memorial in front of the museum commemorates the soldiers from the county who lost their lives in wars.<ref name=TipCtyGuide/><ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.tiptonco.com/museum.htm |title=Tipton County Museum |access-date=October 4, 2008 |publisher=Tipton County |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614043901/http://www.tiptonco.com/museum.htm |archive-date=June 14, 2007 }} 
</ref>

===County parks===
The county's parks include:<ref name=TipCtyGuide/>

Munford

* Centennial Park - Walking Track, 5 Baseball/Softball Fields, Picnic Area, Concessions, Restrooms, Covered Playground, Media Room
* City Park -  Gazebo, Walking Track, Playground, Open Space
* Poplar Park - Football Field, 2 Tennis Courts, Restrooms, Concessions Stand, Covered Picnic Areas, Gazebo, Playground, Open Practice Area, Skate Park
* Valentine Park - 2 Playgrounds, Picnic Pavilion, Restroom Facilities, Soccer Fields, 2 18 Hole DISC Golf Course, Stocked Lake, Nature Trail
* Hope Park - Walking Track, Outdoor Fitness Equipment, Pavilion <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.munford.com/departments/parks_and_recreation/city_parks.php |title=Munford Parks and Recreation Department City Parks |access-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531180549/http://www.munford.com/departments/parks_and_recreation/city_parks.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Atoka

* Adkison Park - a 1/8 mile asphalt walking track, a small playground feature, benches and picnic tables, "The Bobby McDill Scout Hut - the home base of Boy Scout Troop 60 - is located within the park."
* Nancy Lane Park - 18-hole disc golf course, 4-diamond softball complex with concession stand, 1 playground, nature trail
* Pioneer Park - fishing pond, fountain, playerground, 1/3 mile walking track
* Walker Park - Concession stand, splash pad, lighted athletic field, sand volleyball courts, playground, 1.15 mile walking track<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.townofatoka.com/pview.aspx?id=2612&catID=29|title=Park Facilities - atokatn TN|access-date=May 31, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322070322/http://www.townofatoka.com/pView.aspx?id=2612&catid=29|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Covington

* Shelton Park - a {{convert|1|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on}} landscaped garden park with gazebo and picnic tables.
* Patriot Park - opened in 2004; its centerpiece is an A-4 Skyhawk attack bomber.
* Cobb Parr Memorial Park - Large playground, Tipton County Bar-B-Q Festival is held here annually
* Frazier Park - a {{convert|10|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on}} park with a {{convert|1/2|mi|m|adj=on}} fitness trail, playgrounds and ballfields.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.covingtontn.com/parks.html|title = Parks}}</ref>

==Communities==
[[File:Tipton Cty Museum Ft Pillow bridle bit.jpg|thumb|Civil War exhibit in the Tipton County Museum (2008)]]
Tipton county is composed of 12 communities, four of which are [[unincorporated communities]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.tiptonco.com/document_center/ec_ELECTED_AND_APPOINTED_OFFICIALS.pdf | title=Elected and appointed officials of Tipton County | website=www.tiptonco.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511015551/https://www.tiptonco.com/document_center/ec_ELECTED_AND_APPOINTED_OFFICIALS.pdf | archive-date=2021-05-11}}</ref>

===Cities===
* [[Covington, Tennessee|Covington]] (county seat)
* [[Munford, Tennessee|Munford]]

===Towns===
* [[Atoka, Tennessee|Atoka]]
* [[Brighton, Tennessee|Brighton]]
* [[Burlison, Tennessee|Burlison]]
* [[Garland, Tennessee|Garland]]
* [[Gilt Edge, Tennessee|Gilt Edge]]
* [[Mason, Tennessee|Mason]]

=== Census-designated place ===

* [[Randolph, Tennessee|Randolph]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Corona, Tennessee|Corona]]
* [[Drummonds, Tennessee|Drummonds]]
* [[Hopewell, Tipton County, Tennessee|Hopewell]]
* [[Peckerwood Point, Tennessee|Peckerwood Point]]
* [[Reverie, Tennessee|Reverie]]
* [[Tipton, Tennessee|Tipton]]

==Politics==
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{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|983|4,828|234|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,312|5,351|53|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|209|3,066|1,406|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|310|4,046|4|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|288|5,815|10|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|116|4,683|0|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|154|2,892|23|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|425|1,889|15|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|218|1,917|42|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|906|2,816|54|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|281|2,035|65|Tennessee}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|564|987|234|Tennessee}}

==See also==
* [[Island 35 Mastodon]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Tipton County, Tennessee]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.tiptonco.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.covington-tiptoncochamber.com/ Covington-Tipton County Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.tipton-county.com/ Tipton County Schools]
* [http://tngenweb.org/tipton/ TNGenWeb]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Tipton County, Tennessee
|North     = [[Lauderdale County, Tennessee|Lauderdale County]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Haywood County, Tennessee|Haywood County]]
|Southeast = [[Fayette County, Tennessee|Fayette County]]
|South     = [[Shelby County, Tennessee|Shelby County]]
|Southwest = [[Crittenden County, Arkansas]]
|West      =
|Northwest = [[Mississippi County, Arkansas]]
}}

{{Tipton County, Tennessee}}
{{Memphis, Tennessee}}
{{Tennessee}}

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[[Category:Tipton County, Tennessee| ]]
[[Category:Counties in the Memphis metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Tennessee counties on the Mississippi River]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1823]]
[[Category:1823 establishments in Tennessee]]
[[Category:West Tennessee]]