Tipton, Monroe County, Illinois

Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States

Tipton, Illinois

Unincorporated community

Etymology: County Tipperary, Ireland

Tipton

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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]

## References

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

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Transit systems|

* Madison County Transit
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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
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* Scott Air Force Base

Colleges|

* Kaskaskia College
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* Blackburn College
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* Principia College
* Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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Sports teams|

* Gateway Grizzlies (baseball: Frontier League)
* Alton River Dragons (baseball: Prospect League)

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Municipalities and communities of Monroe County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Waterloo

Cities|

* Columbia‡
* Waterloo

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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

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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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