Tipton, Monroe County, Illinois

Coordinates: 38°14′09″N 90°06′04″W / 38.23583°N 90.10111°W

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Tipton, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Etymology: County Tipperary, Ireland
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Coordinates: 38°14′09″N 90°06′04″W / 38.23583°N 90.10111°W / 38.23583; -90.10111
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Monroe
Precinct	8
Elevation	607 ft (185 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Postal code	62298
Area code	618

Tipton is a small unincorporated community in Monroe County, Illinois, United States. It grew up around the Cambria Station on the St. Louis and Cairo Railroad. The community there, settled by persons of Irish descent, was called Tipperary, which degenerated over time through Tiptown, to the current Tipton.^[1]

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^ Combined History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois, J. L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia, 1883

v t e Illinois Metro-East region
Counties	Bond Calhoun Clinton Jersey Macoupin Madison Monroe St. Clair
Major cities (25,000+)	Alton Belleville Edwardsville Granite City O'Fallon
Cities (5,000-25,000)	Bethalto Cahokia Heights Carlinville Collinsville Columbia East Alton East St. Louis Fairview Heights Glen Carbon Godfrey Greenville Highland Jerseyville Maryville Mascoutah Pontoon Beach Shiloh Staunton Swansea Troy Waterloo Wood River
Communities (1,000-5,000)	Albers Aviston Beckemeyer Benld Breese Brighton Bunker Hill Carlyle Caseyville Dupo Fairmont City Freeburg Germantown Gillespie Girard Hartford Lebanon Madison Marissa Millstadt Mount Olive New Athens New Baden Rosewood Heights Roxana St. Jacob Smithton South Roxana Trenton Valmeyer Venice Virden Wamac Washington Park Worden
Transit systems	Madison County Transit Metro Transit South Central Illinois Mass Transit District St. Clair County Transit District
Amtrak stations	Alton station Belleville station (former)
Interstates	I-55 I-64 I-70 I-255 I-270
Airports	MidAmerica St. Louis Airport St. Louis Downtown Airport St. Louis Metro-East Airport St. Louis Regional Airport Scott Air Force Base
Colleges	Kaskaskia College Lewis and Clark Community College Blackburn College McKendree University Principia College Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Southwestern Illinois College
Sports teams	Gateway Grizzlies (baseball: Frontier League) Alton River Dragons (baseball: Prospect League)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Monroe County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Waterloo
Cities	Columbia‡ Waterloo	Map of Illinois highlighting Monroe County
Villages	Fults Hecker‡ Maeystown Valmeyer
Unincorporated communities	Ames Burksville Burksville Station Chaflin Bridge Fountain Harrisonville Madonnaville Merrimac Monroe City New Hanover Renault St. Joe Tipton Wartburg
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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