Editing Tiptonville, Tennessee

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|established_date         = 1857<ref name=tehc>Abigail Hyde, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=759 Tipton County]," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''.  Retrieved: February 26, 2013.</ref>
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'''Tiptonville''' is a town in and the [[county seat]] of [[Lake County, Tennessee|Lake County]], [[Tennessee]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Its population was 2,439 as of the 2000 census and 4,464 in 2010, showing an increase of 2,025. It is also home to the [[Northwest Correctional Complex]], a maximum security prison, known for once housing mass murderer [[Lester Street murders|Jessie Dotson]].

==History==
[[File:Tennessee - Reelfoot Lake - NARA - 68149008 (cropped).jpg|250px|thumb|left|Aerial view of Tiptonville in 1922]]
Tiptonville was established in 1857, but was not incorporated until 1900. It was designated the county seat when Lake County was created in 1870.<ref name=tehc />

=== American Civil War ===
Tiptonville was the scene of the surrender of [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces at the end of the 
1862 [[Battle of Island Number Ten]] in the [[American Civil War]]. The monument for this battle is located on [[State Route 22 (Tennessee)|State Route 22]] approximately three miles north of Tiptonville, since the island itself, the focal point of the battle, has been eroded by the flow of the Mississippi River and no longer exists.

=== Early 1900's ===
On March 19, 1901, Tiptonville was destroyed by a fire three days after a mob of white townsmen had [[Lynching in the United States|lynched]] Ike Fitzgerald, a black man accused of raping a white woman.  Whites speculated that the blaze, which burned 30 buildings and residences, including all of the stores on the main street, had been deliberately set by African Americans in reprisal for Fitzgerald's lynching.<ref>"Negro Hanged by a Mob", ''Courier-Journal'' (Louisville), March 18, 1901, p5</ref><ref>"Burned by Incendiaries— The Town of Tiptonville, Tenn. Wiped Out by Flames", ''Washington (DC) Times'', March 21, 1901, p1</ref><ref>"Burning of Town Follows the Lynching of a Negro", ''[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]'', March 21, 1901, p4</ref><ref>"Tiptonville Fire— Further Details of the Destruction Wrought", ''The Tennessean'' (Nashville), March 22, 1901, p3</ref>

In 1904, the Dyersburg Northern Railroad was chartered. This line connected Dyersburg to [[Hickman, Kentucky|Hickman, KY]], via Tiptonville, and began operating in 1910. The company changed their name to the [[Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad|Chicago, Memphis, & Gulf Railroad]] in 1909.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Poor |first=Henry V |title=Manual of the Railroads of the United States for 1910 |date=1910 |publisher=HV and HW Poor |volume=XXXXIII |pages=598}}</ref>

==Geography==
{{stack|[[File:New Madrid Seismic Zone activity 1974-2011.svg|thumb|Earthquakes in the Tiptonville area since 1974.]]}}
Tiptonville is located at {{coord|36|22|39|N|89|28|34|W|type:city}} (36.377610, −89.476022),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> on a small rise known as the Tiptonville Dome<ref name=tehc /> and within the [[New Madrid Seismic Zone]].  The [[Mississippi River]] is to the west and north, the [[Kentucky Bend]] is to the north, and [[Reelfoot Lake]] is to the east.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.4|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1880= 946
|1890= 363
|1910= 843
|1920= 1050
|1930= 1359
|1940= 1503
|1950= 1953
|1960= 2068
|1970= 2407
|1980= 2438
|1990= 2149
|2000= 2439
|2010= 4464
|2020= 3976
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR9">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=March 4, 2012|title=Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=June 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,439 people, 918 households, and 570 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,704.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 992 housing units at an average density of {{convert|693.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 62.57% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 36.16% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.33% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.08% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.12% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.74% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.82% of the population.

There were 918 households, out of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 19.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.9% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 20.7% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $19,475, and the median income for a family was $24,929. Males had a median income of $25,089 versus $18,333 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $11,843. About 21.1% of families and 26.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 43.0% of those under age 18 and 28.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Media==
A local newspaper, ''The Lake County Banner'', is published in Tiptonville.

Tiptonville is located in the southernmost portion of the [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]]&ndash;[[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]]&ndash;[[Harrisburg, Illinois|Harrisburg]] television market. [[Union City, Tennessee|Union City]] based [[Low-power broadcasting|Low-Power]] [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[Television station|television station]] [[WUWT-CD]] (channel 26) serves [[Obion County, Tennessee|Obion]], and [[Lake County, Tennessee|Lake]] counties (and Tiptonville) with programming from [[Retro TV]], supplemented with programming from [[The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 2008)|The Family Channel]] airing on its second [[digital subchannel]]. The main television broadcast stations serving extreme northwest Tennessee are:

*[[WSIL-TV]] 3 Harrisburg ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]])
*[[WPSD-TV]] 6 Paducah ([[NBC]])
*[[WLJT]] 11 [[Lexington, Tennessee|Lexington, TN]] ([[PBS]])
*[[KFVS-TV]] 12 Cape Girardeau ([[CBS]])
**KFVS-TV 12.2 Cape Girardeau ([[The CW]])
*[[KBSI]] 23 Cape Girardeau ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]])
*[[WUWT-CD]] 26 Union City ([[Retro TV|RTV]])
*[[WKPD]] 29 Paducah ([[PBS]])
*[[WDKA]] 49 Paducah ([[MyNetworkTV|MNTV]])

==Education==
* [[Lake County High School (Tiptonville, Tennessee)|Lake County High School]]

==Notable people==
* [[Clifton B. Cates|Clifton Cates]] (1893–1970), [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|19th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps]]
* [[Carl Perkins]], musician
* [[Jerry Reese]], former general manager of the [[New York Giants]]

==See also==
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* [[List of municipalities in Tennessee]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Tiptonville, Tennessee}}
* {{official website|http://www.tiptonville.org/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061027222602/http://rach.reelfootareachamber.com/ Reelfoot Lake Area Chamber of Commerce]

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[[Category:Towns in Lake County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Towns in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Tennessee populated places on the Mississippi River]]
[[Category:County seats in Tennessee]]